Are Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Infants Improving? Impact of Bayley Assessment on Outcomes
The Journal of PediatricsPublished 16 March 2012
Betty R. Vohr, Bonnie E. Stephens, Rosemary D. Higgins, Carla Bann, Susan R. Hintz, Abhik Das
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Because the Bayley III identifies significantly fewer children with disability, it is recommended that all extremely low birth weight infants be offered early intervention services at the time of discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit, and Bayley scores be interpreted with caution.
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Whether the Bayley III is overestimating cognitive performance or whether it is a more valid assessment of emerging cognitive skills than the Bayley II is uncertain. Because the Bayley III identifies significantly fewer children with disability, it is recommended that all extremely low birth weight infants be offered early intervention services at the time of discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit, and that Bayley scores be interpreted with caution.
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