The use of evidence-based tools is increasing for screening infants and young children for potential developmental delays, and more children with delays are being identified early, when intervention is most effective. But there are significant challenges to following up on screening results, and many children do not receive the services they need. Measures are needed to assess care coordination...

Background: To determine whether using mechanical ventilation in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) influences motor development of low birth weight (LBW) infants and to compare their motor development with normal birth weight (NBW) infants at the age of 8 to 12 months using Peabody Developmental Motor Scale 2 (PDMS-2). Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 70 LBW infants in ...