Neurodevelopmental outcome at 5.5 years in Dutch preterm infants born at 24-26 weeks' gestational age:The EPI-DAF study

Objective: After lowering the Dutch threshold for active treatment from 25 to 24 completed weeks' gestation, survival to discharge increased by 10% in extremely preterm live born infants. Now that this guideline has been implemented, an accurate description of neurodevelopmental outcome at school age is needed. Design: Population-based cohort study. Setting: All neonatal intensive care units in the Netherlands. Patients: All infants born between 240/7 and 266/7 weeks' gestation who were 5.5 years' corrected age (CA) in 2018-2020 were included. Main outcome measures: Main outcome measure was ne... Mehr ...