A follow‐up study of newborn infants with perinatal complications

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Abstract
Fifty-seven infants with perinatal complications were studied in the newborn period. Fifty-two of these infants were seen at 6 months and 51 at 1 year. Their histories were reviewed; a complete general and detailed neurological examination and certain laboratory diagnostic procedures were carried out. An accurate assessment of the neurological status of the infants studied were shown, thus proving the usefulness of the method adapted. Perinatal complications were found to be important etiological factors in the causation of neurological defects in 27 newborn infants. Twelve significant neurological signs were found in the newborn period. The prognosis of apparently normal newborn infants was good. The prognosis of abnormal newborn infants was poor when they showed a number of significant neurological abnormalities in the neonatal period. In about half of the abnormal newborn infants, optimism as to the expected outcome could be given.

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