%0 Journal Article %1 Veelken1991 %A Veelken, N. %A Stollhoff, K. %A Claussen, M. %D 1991 %J Eur J Pediatr %K Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; Developmental Disabilities; Disabled Persons; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Germany, West; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Newborn; Male; Nervous System Diseases; Prognosis %N 11 %P 815--820 %T Development of very low birth weight infants: a regional study of 371 survivors. %V 150 %X We re-examined 371 infants with birth weights less than 1501 g at a corrected age of 18-20 months. This sample amounted to 91\% of such infants admitted to one of the six neonatal intensive care units in Hamburg between July 1983 and 1986. The neurological examination and a developmental evaluation using the Griffith Developmental Scale revealed higher rates of abnormalities than in most other studies. Fifty-five children (14.8\%) suffered from cerebral palsy, classified in 45 as spastic diplegia, in 5 as spastic tetraplegia, in 1 as spastic hemiplegia and in 4 as dystonia. Of the children, 41 (11\%) showed minor neurological deviations (hyperactivity, clumsiness, intention tremor). The development of 30 children (8\%) without neurological abnormalities was moderately retarded (DQ 80-89, corrected for gestational age GA). Nineteen children (5\%) were severely retarded (DQ less than 80, corrected for GA) and four children (1.5\%) were blind due to retrolental fibroplasia. An isolated delay of speech development was found in 5 children. Seventy children (18.9\%) had a major and 87 children (23.5\%) a minor handicap.

@article{Veelken1991, abstract = {We re-examined 371 infants with birth weights less than 1501 g at a corrected age of 18-20 months. This sample amounted to 91\% of such infants admitted to one of the six neonatal intensive care units in Hamburg between July 1983 and 1986. The neurological examination and a developmental evaluation using the Griffith Developmental Scale revealed higher rates of abnormalities than in most other studies. Fifty-five children (14.8\%) suffered from cerebral palsy, classified in 45 as spastic diplegia, in 5 as spastic tetraplegia, in 1 as spastic hemiplegia and in 4 as dystonia. Of the children, 41 (11\%) showed minor neurological deviations (hyperactivity, clumsiness, intention tremor). The development of 30 children (8\%) without neurological abnormalities was moderately retarded (DQ 80-89, corrected for gestational age [GA]). Nineteen children (5\%) were severely retarded (DQ less than 80, corrected for GA) and four children (1.5\%) were blind due to retrolental fibroplasia. An isolated delay of speech development was found in 5 children. Seventy children (18.9\%) had a major and 87 children (23.5\%) a minor handicap.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T21:50:57.000+0200}, author = {Veelken, N. and Stollhoff, K. and Claussen, M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c449acda664ee0771c918dd76a04ccee/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {77973f8b4a7f50501370c4a3f84b34c5}, intrahash = {c449acda664ee0771c918dd76a04ccee}, journal = {Eur J Pediatr}, keywords = {Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; Developmental Disabilities; Disabled Persons; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Germany, West; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Newborn; Male; Nervous System Diseases; Prognosis}, month = Sep, number = 11, pages = {815--820}, pmid = {1720387}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T21:50:57.000+0200}, title = {Development of very low birth weight infants: a regional study of 371 survivors.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 150, year = 1991 }