BACKGROUND Advances in perinatal and neonatal care have substantially improved the survival of at-risk infants over the past two decades. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Bayley Scales of infant and toddler developmental Screening test in Persian-speaking children. METHODS This was a cross-sectional prospective study of 403 children aged...

In this study, the exposome paradigm has been applied on a mother-child cohort adopting an optimised untargeted metabolomics approach for human urine followed by advanced bioinformatics analysis. Exposome-wide association algorithms were used to draw links between in utero co-exposure metals and phthalates, metabolic pathways deregulation, clinically observed phenotypes of neurodevelopmental di...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate retrospectively the influence of various auxological and laboratory parameters on final height in a group of GH-deficient children after replacement therapy and to compare their final height with that of a group of short children with normal GH secretion and hence not treated. The final height was evaluated of 83 patients (51 males and 32 females) af...

Abstract Background Early childhood developmental pattern analyses not only project future cognition potential, but also identify potential risks for possible intervention. The current study evaluates trends in the first 3 years of life and their predictors a low middle income country setting. Methods Trends early development at 6, 15, 24 36 months age were explored longitudinal community-based...

OBJECTIVE To examine the utility of the Bayley Infant Neurodevelopmental Screener (BINS) as a screening technique for premature, low birth weight infants. METHODS One hundred thirty-three preterm infants <1,500 grams received a BINS assessment at mean adjusted age 6.8 months and a Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Second Edition (BSID-II) assessment at mean adjusted age 12.9 months. Infant...

Abstract The Bayley scale is one of the most widely used instruments for assessing infant development. This article aimed to systematically review contribution social-emotional in assessment development preterm infants. systematic followed PRISMA guidelines and was registered PROSPERO. According inclusion criteria, 19 articles were selected from electronic databases. results indicate reduced ra...

BACKGROUND Since mortality in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is decreasing, morbidity such as neurodevelopmental outcome is becoming increasingly important. OBJECTIVES We evaluated neurodevelopmental outcome in high-risk CDH patients treated according to the CDH EURO Consortium standardized treatment protocol. METHODS This observational, prospective cohort study was conducted in two ...

Cognition can be defined as a process by which knowledge is gained from perceptions or ideas. Cognitive development refers to how an infant perceives, thinks, and gains an understanding of the world. Within the history of developmental psychology, the work of Jean Piaget (1896–1980), the Swiss psychologist, has had the greatest impact on the study of cognitive development. Piaget's theory is fo...