Neurodevelopmental disorders and somatic diagnoses in a national cohort of children born before 24 weeks of gestation.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study investigated childhood diagnoses in children born extremely preterm before 24 weeks of gestation.

Methods

Diagnoses of neurodevelopmental disorders and selected somatic diagnoses were retrospectively retrieved from national Swedish registries for children born before 24 weeks from 2007 to 2018. Their individual medical files were also examined.

Results

We studied 383 children born at a median of 23.3 (range 21.9-23.9) weeks, with a median birthweight of 565 (range 340-874) grams. Three-quarters (75%) had neurodevelopmental disorders, including speech disorders (52%), intellectual disabilities (40%), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (30%), autism spectrum disorders (24%), visual impairment (22%), cerebral palsy (17%), epilepsy (10%) and hearing i

SUBMITTER: Morsing E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9454084 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature