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THE PAEDIATRIC NEURODEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND THE
BAYLEYSCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT AT 18 MONTHS CORRECTED AGE
INPREMATURE INFANTS: HOW DO THEY COMPARE?
TM Luu, J Vachon, MA Berry, SP Riley
Neonatal Follow-Up Clinic, Montreal Children's Hospital,
Montreal, Quebec
BACKGROUND: The Bayley scales of infant development (BSID-II)
are currently beingperformed at 18 months corrected age (CA) by the
consortium de recherch sur lesenfants ns extrmement prmaturs au
Qubec to assess developmental functioning.We hypothesize that a
thorough neurodevelopmental (ND) evaluation by
experiencedpaediatricians is sufficient to detect significant
disabilities at this age.OBJECTIVES: (1) To compare the paediatric
evaluation with the Mental DevelopmentalIndex (MDI) and the
Psychomotor Developmental Index (PDI) of the BSID-II indetermining
ND impairment at 18 months CA in extremely premature infants. (2)
Todescribe the behavioural portrait of this population.
METHODS: Forty-five of 48 surviving preterm infants born
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Normal development 2 6 9
n=37 (3 did not complete all PDI tasks), chi-square for trend =
8.00,
