Morbidity and mortality in 262 infants with birth weight below 1500 g born in Stockholm county 1988–1992

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Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between neonatal clinical conditions and the development of senso‐motoric handicaps. Two hundred and sixty‐two infants with a birth weight < 1500 g, born in or referred to the Karolinska/S:t Göran's Children Hospital from September 1988 to april 1992 were studied prospectively. The total survival was 83%. Preliminary results of the Griffiths' test of these infants showed an average cognitive ability of the same level as for fullterms except for those pre‐term infants who had suffered from the combination of chronic lung disease and leucomalacia. The incidence of moderate to severe senso‐motoric disability is up to the present time 5%.

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