المؤلفون: Kaempf, Joseph W., Guillen, Ursula, Litt, Jonathan S., Zupancic, John A. F., Kirpalani, Haresh

المصدر: Archives of Disease in Childhood -- Fetal & Neonatal Edition; Sep2023, Vol. 108 Issue 5, pF458-F463, 10p

مصطلحات موضوعية: PREMATURE infants, NEONATAL nursing, LOW birth weight, VERY low birth weight, NEURAL development, SCHOOL entrance age

المؤلفون: Alterman, Neora, Johnson, Samantha, Carson, Claire, Petrou, Stavros, Rivero-Arias, Oliver, Kurinczuk, Jennifer J., Macfarlane, Alison, Boyle, Elaine, Quigley, Maria A.

المصدر: Archives of Disease in Childhood; Sep2021, Vol. 106 Issue 9, p842-848, 7p

مصطلحات موضوعية: CHILDREN with disabilities, COMMUNICATIVE disorders, GESTATIONAL age, CHILDBIRTH, SCHOOL entrance age, COHORT analysis

مستخلص: Objective: To examine the association between gestational age at birth across the entire gestational age spectrum and special educational needs (SENs) in UK children at 11 years of age.Methods: The Millennium Cohort Study is a nationally representative longitudinal sample of children born in the UK during 2000-2002. Information about the child's birth, health and sociodemographic factors was collected when children were 9 months old. Information about presence and reasons for SEN was collected from parents at age 11. Adjusted relative risks (aRRs) were estimated using modified Poisson regression, accounting for confounders.Results: The sample included 12 081 children with data at both time points. The overall prevalence of SEN was 11.2%, and it was inversely associated with gestational age. Among children born <32 weeks of gestation, the prevalence of SEN was 27.4%, three times higher than among those born at 40 weeks (aRR=2.89; 95% CI 2.02 to 4.13). Children born early term (37-38 weeks) were also at increased risk for SEN (aRR=1.33; 95% CI 1.11 to 1.59); this was the same when the analysis was restricted to births after labour with spontaneous onset. Birth before full term was more strongly associated with having a formal statement of SEN or SEN for multiple reasons.Conclusion: Children born at earlier gestational ages are more likely to experience SEN, have more complex SEN and require support in multiple facets of learning. This association was observed even among children born early-term and when labour began spontaneously. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: Tsuyoshi Isojima, Noriko Kato, Susumu Yokoya, Atsushi Ono, Toshiaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Yokomichi, Zentaro Yamagata, Soichiro Tanaka, Hiroko Matsubara, Mami Ishikuro, Masahiro Kikuya, Shoichi Chida, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Shinichi Kuriyama, Shigeo Kure, Isojima, Tsuyoshi, Kato, Noriko, Yokoya, Susumu, Ono, Atsushi, Tanaka, Toshiaki

المصدر: Archives of Disease in Childhood; Jan2019, Vol. 104 Issue 1, p53-57, 5p

مصطلحات موضوعية: PRESCHOOL children, BODY weight, SCHOOL children, BODY mass index, SCHOOL entrance age, COMPARATIVE studies, LONGITUDINAL method, RESEARCH methodology, MEDICAL cooperation, NEEDS assessment, CHILDHOOD obesity, RESEARCH, SCHOOL health services, SEASONS, STATURE, WEIGHT gain, EVALUATION research, RETROSPECTIVE studies

مصطلحات جغرافية: JAPAN

مستخلص: Objectives: Healthy-weight children tend to gain weight during winter but lose weight during summer. However, overweight elementary school children have shown accelerated summertime weight gain. Whether this seasonal growth variation occurs during preschool period is of substantial interest.Methods: Data were derived from a nationwide retrospective cohort of nursery school children. Eight consecutive sets of longitudinal measurements on height and weight were obtained from 15 259 preschool children. Thereafter, growth in height, weight and body mass index (BMI) over a period of 6 months was calculated. Summertime growth was defined as that from April to October, whereas wintertime growth was defined as that from October to April of the following year. Longitudinal growth seasonality was analysed by classifying children according to their BMI status at the age of elementary school entry.Results: Accelerated summertime weight and BMI gain were observed among children with obesity. This distinctive growth seasonality was detected from around age 2. Children having this growth seasonality at approximately 2 years of age tended to be obese at the age of elementary school entry (OR: 3.7; 95% CI: 2.9 to 4.6; p<0.0001). In height gain, obese children were growing apparently faster than those in the other groups at all ages.Conclusion: Early excessive growth with distinct seasonality was observed in preschool obese children. These findings suggest that individuals involved in child healthcare should pay closer attention to early excessive growth with distinct seasonality in preschool obesity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: Hennessy, E. M., Bracewell, M. A., Wood, N., Wolke, D., Costeloe, Kate, Gibson, A., Marlow, N.

المصدر: Archives of Disease in Childhood; Dec2008, Vol. 93 Issue 12, p1037-1043, 7p, 1 Diagram, 4 Charts, 1 Graph

مصطلحات موضوعية: CHILDREN'S health, SMOKING, PREGNANT women, WOMEN'S tobacco use, SCHOOL entrance age, PUBLIC health, HUMAN services, OXYGEN, PRESCHOOL children, SCHOOL children

مستخلص: The article identifies respiratory morbidity and risk factors in the EPICure cohort over the first six years of life. It shows that 74 percent of the studied population received supplemental oxygen at 36 weeks postmenstrual age and 36 percent were discharged with supplemental oxygen which continued for a median of 2.5 months. It concludes that extremely preterm children have a continuum of poor respiratory health over the first six years, which is exacerbated by smoking during pregnancy and in the home.

المؤلفون: Mercuri, E., Anker, S., Guzzetta, A., Barnett, A. L., Haataja, L., Rutherford, M., Cowan, F., Dubowitz, L., Braddick, O., Atkinson, J.

المصدر: Archives of Disease in Childhood -- Fetal & Neonatal Edition; May2004, Vol. 89 Issue 3, pF258-F262, 5p, 2 Charts

مصطلحات موضوعية: APGAR score, VISION disorders, SCHOOL entrance age, VISUAL perception, BASAL ganglia, MAGNETIC resonance imaging

مستخلص: Objective: To assess different aspects of visual function at school age in children who suffered from neonatal encephalopathy. Method: Thirty nine full term infants with neonatal encephalopathy, low Apgar scores, and early neonatal imaging were studied using a battery of tests assessing different aspects of visual function (crowding acuity, stereopsis, visual fields) at school age. The results were compared with brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and, when possible, with the results of the assessment of visual function performed at 5 and 12 months, available in 24 of the 39 children examined at school age. Results: Sixteen of the 39 children (41%) had abnormal results at school age in at least one of the visual tests used. Seven of these 16 were untestable on all tests. The remaining 23 children (59%) had normal results. Conclusions: The presence and severity of visual impairment was related to the severity of brain lesions. Moderate or severe basal ganglia lesions and severe white matter changes were always associated with abnormal visual function. Infants with normal MRI, minimal basal ganglia lesions, and minimal or moderate white matter involvement tended to have normal vision. It was also found that the assessment of visual function performed in the first year was a reliable indicator of visual function at school age. With two exceptions, the results on the 5 month visual assessment were predictive of visual outcome at school age. In the remaining two cases, a normal visual outcome at 5 years was associated with visual abnormalities at 5 months but these had already normalised by the age of 1 year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: Mercuri, E., Anker, S., Guzzetta, A., Barnett, A., Haataja, L., Rutherford, M., Cowan, F., Dubowitz, L., Braddick, O., Atkinson, J.

المصدر: Archives of Disease in Childhood -- Fetal & Neonatal Edition; Nov2003, Vol. 88 Issue 6, pF487-F491, 5p, 1 Black and White Photograph, 6 Charts

مصطلحات موضوعية: CEREBRAL infarction, VISION, SCHOOL entrance age, CEREBROVASCULAR disease, MAGNETIC resonance imaging, MENTAL age, DIAGNOSTIC imaging

مستخلص: Objective: To assess various aspects of visual function at school age in children with neonatal cerebral infarction. Patients and methods: Sixteen children born at term, who had cerebral infarction of perinatal onset on neonatal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were assessed using a battery of visual tests. This included measures of crowding acuity (Cambridge Crowding Cords), stereopsis (TNO test), and visual fields. The results of the visual assessment were compared with the type and the extent of the lesion observed on neonatal MRI. Results: Only six of the 16 children (28%) had some abnormalities of visual function on these tests. Visual abnormalities were more common in children with more extensive lesions involving the main branch of the middle cerebral artery and were less often associated with lesions in the territory of one of the cortical branches of the middle cerebral artery. The presence of visual abnormalities was not always associated with the involvement of optic radiations or occipital primary visual cortex. Abnormal visual fields were only found in children who also developed hemiplegia. Conclusions: Abnormality of visual function is not common in children who had neonatal infarction and, when present, tends to be associated with hemiplegia and more extensive lesions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: Brown, Nick, Brown, Joseph

المصدر: Archives of Disease in Childhood; Jan2020, Vol. 105 Issue 1, p102-102, 1p

مصطلحات موضوعية: SCHOOL entrance age, INFORMED consent (Medical law)