Journal of paediatrics and child health
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J Paediatr Child Health · Apr 1997
Outcome at 2 years of children 23-27 weeks' gestation born in Victoria in 1991-92. The Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group.
To determine the survival and sensorineural disability rates in very preterm infants born in 1991-92, and to compare the results with contemporaneous normal birthweight controls and with preterm infants born in 1985-87. ⋯ Survival rates of very preterm infants in this regional cohort have improved in the 1990s after the introduction of exogenous surfactant. Blindness at 2 years of age was significantly lower than in an earlier preterm cohort, but the rates of sensorineural disability still remain higher in very preterm survivors than for NBW controls. Although survival rates are lower and disability rates are higher with diminishing maturity, there is no obvious gestational age below which adverse neurological outcome in survivors would preclude active management on the basis of gestational age alone.
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J Paediatr Child Health · Apr 1997
Emergency management skills of South Australian paediatric trainees.
This article describes a theoretical and practical assessment of the emergency management skills of South Australian paediatric trainees. The aim was to identify strengths and weaknesses so as to optimally orientate future training in this area, and to provide a baseline that could be used to assess effectiveness of future interventions. ⋯ There is a range of theoretical and practical resuscitation deficits that may currently hinder effective emergency management by paediatric trainees.