WANG Qingqing,SU Weidong,HUANG Yudan, et al. Comparison of late preterm infants and full term in the early growth and development[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2017, 47(2): 132-135.
Abstract：Objective: To evaluate physical, neurological development and prognosis through one year follow-up of late preterm infants. Methods: Choose our hospital obstetrics between April 2013 and March 2013 in our hospital was born and in the late outpatient follow-up premature as observation object (n=50), randomly selected the born healthy full term for the same period as the control group (n=60). Late preterm infants at 0 month (40 weeks calibration), 6 and 12 months to mass, length, head circumference measurement, compared with the same age full term. Between 0 and 1 months late preterm neonatal neurobehavioral determination (NBNA) scores, and the determination results compared with the full term of on the same day age. Two groups at follow-up to correction in 6 and 12 months of age: Gesell examination, early intelligence development level. Results: Late preterm group’s body length and head circumference were less than the full term on the 0 and 1 month, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Late preterm group at 0 and 1 months, NBNA scores were lower than the full term on the same age group, differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). Six months late preterm big movement lagged behind the full term, 12 months when the big movement, fine motor, language behind the full term differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). Conlusion: Compared with the full term infants, born in late preterm birth after early physical and neurological development lags behind that of the full term, to strengthen monitoring and targeted intervention.
