Early developmental intervention programmes provided post hospital discharge to prevent motor and cognitive impairment in preterm infants

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Spittle, Alicia ^a   Orton, Jane ^b   Anderson, Peter J ^c   Boyd, Roslyn ^d   Doyle, Lex W ^e  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITION DISORDERS; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITION DISORDERS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84964694012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005495.pub4     Document Type: Review

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