Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
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Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol · May 2014
Survival at the threshold of viability: a nationwide survey of the opinions and attitudes of physicians in a developing country.
To explore physicians' opinions and attitudes regarding resuscitation of extremely premature infants (EPIs) in a developing country with suboptimal resources. ⋯ The majority of surveyed physicians consider infants at gestational age less than or equal to 25 weeks gestation or 800 g at birth as non-viable, and therefore would not attempt their resuscitation. Factors influencing threshold of viability in developing countries need to be addressed and explored further.
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Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol · May 2014
Identifying children with autism spectrum disorder at 18 months in a general population sample.
Previous research on clinical and high-risk samples suggests that signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be detected between 1 and 2 years of age. We investigated signs of ASD at 18 months in a population-based sample and the association with later ASD diagnosis. ⋯ Even though one-third of the children who later received an ASD diagnosis were identified through M-CHAT items, the majority scored below cut-off on the screening criteria at 18 months. The results imply that it might not be possible to detect all children with ASD at this age.