Charles C. Duncan

TL;DR: The data indicate that preterm birth is associated with regionally specific, long-term reductions in brain volume and that morphological abnormalities are, in turn, associated with poorer cognitive outcome.

TL;DR: The data suggest that regional brain volumes near term are a promising marker for predicting disturbances of cognitive outcome in preterm infants, and that prospective, longitudinal studies of neonatal brain volumes and developmental indices into later childhood are required.

TL;DR: Cases with complications were significantly older and more likely to die, and they had much higher average total charges and lengths of stay than other cases (P < 0.0001), and cases at larger hospitals and teaching facilities generally had higher complication rates.

TL;DR: In this paper, low-dose prophylactic indomethacin (0.1 mg/kg intravenously at 6 to 12 postnatal hours and every 24 hours for two more doses) was shown to significantly lower the incidence and severity of IVH in very low birth weight neonates.

TL;DR: The majority of VLBW children had improvement in verbal and IQ test scores over time, and only children with early-onset IVH followed by significant central nervous system injury had low PPVT-R scores that declined over time.