Catch-Up Growth and Metabolic and Cognitive Outcomes in Adolescents Born Preterm Nicholas D. Embleton · Thomas Skeath Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Dramatic improvements in neonatal care over the last 2–3 decades have resulted in increasing numbers of premature infants surviving longer term [1]. In economically advanced countries, survival at 24 weeks’ gestation (16 weeks premature) is now common. Even in less well-resourced countries, survival of very low birthweight (
Catch-Up Growth and Metabolic and Cognitive Outcomes in Adolescents Born Preterm.
The worldwide rate of premature birth is increasing. Survival has also improved, even for very preterm infants, meaning greater numbers of preterm inf...