Weight at 1 year
corrected age, g###8396+-1044###8533+-1212###0.48
This study was designed with an objective to compare the morbidity of ELBW babies versus VLBW babies at birth and to compare the growth of VLBW babies versus ELBW babies till one year of
corrected age.
"There was no significant difference between a lower SpO2 target range compared with a higher SpO2 target range on the primary composite outcome of death or major disability at a
corrected age of 18 to 24 months," the authors write.
After 9 to 15 months of
corrected age 40 infants in sepsis and 54 infants in control group were evaluated.
Then patients were scheduled for regular outpatient follow-up until at least a
corrected age of 3 years.
To collect information regarding the feeding development, video recordings were used when preterm infants were at 37 weeks of
corrected age, at 40 weeks of
corrected age, every two weeks up to 3 months of
corrected age, and once a month until chewing skills appeared.
"0" if the infant at the final evaluation, at two years
corrected age, maintained the same risk category, (L/M/S)
Developmental outcome was then assessed for both groups at 24 months'
corrected age using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development 2nd Edition (BSID-II) [10].
However, reporting the
corrected age at which the babies switched to oral feeding (as the reader stated) in the part of comparison of the introductory properties of the babies would contribute to the study.
In this study involving 100 infants in China findings showed that after hospital discharge most infants achieved catch-up growth by one month
corrected age.
Additionally, researchers found that by 18 to 22 months
corrected age, 40% of VLBW and ELBW infants had lengths, head circumferences, and weights less than the 10th percentile (Dusick et al., 2003), and by 2, 5, 8, 14, and 20 years of age, ELBW infants' height z-scores were significantly below 0 in comparison to term infants (Doyle, Faber, Callanan, Ford, & Davis, 2004).
More specifically, a low free thyroxine at 2 and 4 weeks was associated with poorer attention skills at 3 months of
corrected age as assessed by the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Second Edition.
