RT Book, Section
A1 Malcolm, William F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105545712
T1 Neurodevelopmental Testing
T2 Beyond the NICU: Comprehensive Care of the High-Risk Infant
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-174858-2
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105545712
RD 2023/03/28
AB As  the  survival  rates  of  very  preterm  infants  have  improved  with  advances  in  perinatal  and  neonatal  intensive  care  over  the  last  30  years,  there  has  been  increasing  interest  in  the  neurodevelopmental  outcomes  of  preterm  and  high-risk  infants.  Assessment  of  neurodevelopmental  and  behavioral  outcomes  has  also  become  a  component  of  most  randomized  controlled  trials  of  various  therapies  in  the  NICU.  As  such,  there  is  a  need  to  understand  the  neurodevelopmental  tests  that  are  used  most  commonly  in  the  assessments  of  infants  after  discharge  from  the  NICU,  the  ages  at  which  they  are  appropriate,  the  information  that  they  provide,  and  their  predictive  value  for  future  outcomes.  Properties  such  as  reliability  and  validity,  and  specificity  and  sensitivity  for  diagnostic  tests  are  also  important  to  understand  when  interpreting  results.