B Vohr

Summary

Affiliation: Brown University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Expressive vocabulary of children with hearing loss in the first 2 years of life: impact of early intervention
    B Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
    J Perinatol 31:274-80. 2011
  2. ncbi Gestational diabetes: the forerunner for the development of maternal and childhood obesity and metabolic syndrome?
    Betty R Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 21:149-57. 2008
  3. ncbi Persistent beneficial effects of breast milk ingested in the neonatal intensive care unit on outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants at 30 months of age
    Betty R Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Pediatrics 120:e953-9. 2007
  4. ncbi School-age outcomes of very low birth weight infants in the indomethacin intraventricular hemorrhage prevention trial
    Betty R Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Pediatrics 111:e340-6. 2003
  5. ncbi Early hearing screening, detection and intervention (EHDI) in Rhode Island
    Betty Vohr
    Rhode Island Department of Health, USA
    Med Health R I 85:369-72. 2002
  6. ncbi Results of newborn screening for hearing loss: effects on the family in the first 2 years of life
    Betty R Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, 101 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:205-11. 2008
  7. ncbi How should we report early childhood outcomes of very low birth weight infants?
    Betty R Vohr
    Women and Infants Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 12:355-62. 2007
  8. ncbi Early language outcomes of early-identified infants with permanent hearing loss at 12 to 16 months of age
    Betty Vohr
    Women and Infants Hospital, 101 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Pediatrics 122:535-44. 2008
  9. ncbi Progress in predicting outcomes for extremely low birth weight infants: baby steps
    Betty R Vohr
    Women and Infants Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Acta Paediatr 96:331-2. 2007
  10. ncbi Beneficial effects of breast milk in the neonatal intensive care unit on the developmental outcome of extremely low birth weight infants at 18 months of age
    Betty R Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Pediatrics 118:e115-23. 2006

Detail Information

Publications73

  1. ncbi Expressive vocabulary of children with hearing loss in the first 2 years of life: impact of early intervention
    B Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
    J Perinatol 31:274-80. 2011
    ..It was hypothesized that the number of words produced would be higher for children with HL enrolled in EI ≤ 3 vs >3 months...
  2. ncbi Gestational diabetes: the forerunner for the development of maternal and childhood obesity and metabolic syndrome?
    Betty R Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 21:149-57. 2008
    ..To examine the risk of obesity and metabolic syndrome in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus and in offspring born to mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus...
  3. ncbi Persistent beneficial effects of breast milk ingested in the neonatal intensive care unit on outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants at 30 months of age
    Betty R Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Pediatrics 120:e953-9. 2007
    ..The objective of this study was to determine whether these effects of breast milk in infants with extremely low birth weight persisted at 30 months' corrected age...
  4. ncbi School-age outcomes of very low birth weight infants in the indomethacin intraventricular hemorrhage prevention trial
    Betty R Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Pediatrics 111:e340-6. 2003
    ..The objective was to determine the effects of both IVH and indomethacin on cognitive, language, and achievement performance at 8 years of age...
  5. ncbi Early hearing screening, detection and intervention (EHDI) in Rhode Island
    Betty Vohr
    Rhode Island Department of Health, USA
    Med Health R I 85:369-72. 2002
    ..Currently, professionals and parents are working collaboratively to refine and develop a seamless and effective system for screening, detection, intervention, and education in Rhode Island...
  6. ncbi Results of newborn screening for hearing loss: effects on the family in the first 2 years of life
    Betty R Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, 101 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:205-11. 2008
    ....
  7. ncbi How should we report early childhood outcomes of very low birth weight infants?
    Betty R Vohr
    Women and Infants Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 12:355-62. 2007
    ..Identification of the most appropriate outcome assessment for the study objective, and the ideal timing of the assessment remains a challenge for investigators...
  8. ncbi Early language outcomes of early-identified infants with permanent hearing loss at 12 to 16 months of age
    Betty Vohr
    Women and Infants Hospital, 101 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Pediatrics 122:535-44. 2008
    ....
  9. ncbi Progress in predicting outcomes for extremely low birth weight infants: baby steps
    Betty R Vohr
    Women and Infants Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Acta Paediatr 96:331-2. 2007
  10. ncbi Beneficial effects of breast milk in the neonatal intensive care unit on the developmental outcome of extremely low birth weight infants at 18 months of age
    Betty R Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Pediatrics 118:e115-23. 2006
    ..The benefits of breast milk that is ingested in the NICU by extremely low birth weight infants on development and behavior have not been evaluated previously...
  11. ncbi Infants and children with hearing loss--part 2: Overview
    Betty Vohr
    Rhode Island Hearing Assessment Program, Women and Infants' Hospital, Brown Medical School, Box G-WIH, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev 9:218-9. 2003
  12. ncbi Center differences and outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants
    Betty R Vohr
    Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
    Pediatrics 113:781-9. 2004
    ....
  13. ncbi Spectrum of gross motor function in extremely low birth weight children with cerebral palsy at 18 months of age
    Betty R Vohr
    Women and Infants Hospital, 101 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Pediatrics 116:123-9. 2005
    ....
  14. ncbi Neurodevelopmental and functional outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network, 1993-1994
    B R Vohr
    Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
    Pediatrics 105:1216-26. 2000
    ....
  15. ncbi Neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants <32 weeks' gestation between 1993 and 1998
    Betty R Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Pediatrics 116:635-43. 2005
    ..It was hypothesized that outcomes would improve over the 3 epochs...
  16. ncbi Effects of maternal gestational diabetes on offspring adiposity at 4-7 years of age
    B R Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, Miriam Hospital, Brown University Program of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Diabetes Care 22:1284-91. 1999
    ..A second purpose was to investigate the relationships among childhood adiposity, blood pressure, and 2-h postprandial glucose level...
  17. ncbi Overview: Infants and children with hearing loss-part I
    Betty Vohr
    Rhode Island Hearing Assessment Program, Women and Infants' Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
    Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev 9:62-4. 2003
  18. ncbi The etiology and outcome of cerebral ventriculomegaly at term in very low birth weight preterm infants
    L R Ment
    Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Pediatrics 104:243-8. 1999
    ..We hypothesized that although the causes of VM are multiple, the incidence of handicap at 4.5 years of age in preterm infants with this ultrasonographic finding at term would be high...
  19. ncbi Community supports after surviving extremely low-birth-weight, extremely preterm birth: special outpatient services in early childhood
    Susan R Hintz
    Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:748-55. 2008
    ..To determine special outpatient services (SOS) use, need, associated factors, and neurodevelopmental and functional outcomes among extremely preterm infants at 18 to 22 months' corrected age...
  20. ncbi Bias in reported neurodevelopmental outcomes among extremely low birth weight survivors
    Lisa Castro
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229 3039, USA
    Pediatrics 114:404-10. 2004
    ..The purpose of this study was to investigate possible bias in the evaluation of neurodevelopment and somatic growth at 18 to 22 months' postmenstrual age among extremely low birth weight (ELBW) survivors (401-1000 g at birth)...
  21. ncbi Outcome of children in the indomethacin intraventricular hemorrhage prevention trial
    L R Ment
    Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
    Pediatrics 105:485-91. 2000
    ..In addition, we hypothesized that the early administration of low-dose indomethacin would not be associated with an increase in the incidence of neurodevelopmental handicap at 4.5 years of age in our study children...
  22. ncbi Vitamin A supplementation for extremely low birth weight infants: outcome at 18 to 22 months
    Namasivayam Ambalavanan
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA
    Pediatrics 115:e249-54. 2005
    ..89). As with postnatal steroids or other interventions, it is important to ensure that there are no longer-term adverse effects that outweigh neonatal benefits...
  23. ncbi Stability of neuromotor outcomes at 18 and 30 months of age after extremely low birth weight status
    Myriam Peralta-Carcelen
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Pediatrics 123:e887-95. 2009
    ..Extremely low birth weight (< or =1000 g) children have increased rates of cerebral palsy and other abnormal neurologic findings...
  24. ncbi Neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants after necrotizing enterocolitis
    Susan R Hintz
    Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, 750 Welch Rd, Suite 315, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    Pediatrics 115:696-703. 2005
    ..The objective of this study was to compare growth, neurologic, and cognitive outcomes among ELBW survivors of SurgNEC and MedNEC with NoNEC at 18 to 22 months' corrected age...
  25. ncbi Trajectories of receptive language development from 3 to 12 years of age for very preterm children
    Thuy Mai Luu
    Department of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School ofBrown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Pediatrics 124:333-41. 2009
    ..The goal was to examine whether indomethacin use, gender, neonatal, and sociodemographic factors predict patterns of receptive language development from 3 to 12 years of age in preterm children...
  26. ncbi Neurodevelopmental outcome of the premature infant
    Bonnie E Stephens
    Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Pediatr Clin North Am 56:631-46, Table of Contents. 2009
    ..There is now increasing evidence of sustained adverse outcomes into school age and adolescence, not only for ELBW infants but for infants born late preterm...
  27. ncbi Lasting effects of preterm birth and neonatal brain hemorrhage at 12 years of age
    Thuy Mai Luu
    Women and Infants Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, 101 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Pediatrics 123:1037-44. 2009
    ....
  28. ncbi Growth in the neonatal intensive care unit influences neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants
    Richard A Ehrenkranz
    Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8064, USA
    Pediatrics 117:1253-61. 2006
    ....
  29. ncbi Insulin resistance syndrome in women with prior history of gestational diabetes mellitus
    Anila Verma
    Department of Community Health, Women and Infants' Hospital, Brown Medical School, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87:3227-35. 2002
    ..Early detection of markers of IRS is vital for possible prevention of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular adverse events in women...
  30. ncbi Extremely low birthweight neonates with protracted ventilation: mortality and 18-month neurodevelopmental outcomes
    Michele C Walsh
    Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    J Pediatr 146:798-804. 2005
    ..To compare duration of ventilation to mortality and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes among extremely low birth weight (ELBW; 501-1000 g) infants...
  31. ncbi Prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage by indomethacin in male preterm infants
    Laura R Ment
    Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    J Pediatr 145:832-4. 2004
    ..Analysis of our cohort by sex showed indomethacin halved the incidence of IVH, eliminated parenchymal hemorrhage, and was associated with higher verbal scores at 3 to 8 years in boys...
  32. ncbi Metabolic syndrome in childhood: association with birth weight, maternal obesity, and gestational diabetes mellitus
    Charlotte M Boney
    Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School and Hasbro Children s Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Pediatrics 115:e290-6. 2005
    ..We examined the development of MS among large-for-gestational-age (LGA) and appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) children...
  33. ncbi Association between peak serum bilirubin and neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low birth weight infants
    William Oh
    Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
    Pediatrics 112:773-9. 2003
    ..To assess the association between peak total serum bilirubin (PSB) levels during the first 2 weeks of life and neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants at 18 to 22 months' postmenstrual age...
  34. ncbi An evidence-based approach to predicting low IQ in very preterm infants from the neurological examination: outcome data from the indomethacin Indomethacin Intraventricular Hemorrhage Prevention Trial
    Michael D Pleacher
    Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA
    Pediatrics 113:416-9. 2004
    ..We conclude that the neurologic examination at 3 years old predicts FSIQ <70 at age 8 with LRs that allow evidence-based parental counseling and intervention planning...
  35. ncbi Longitudinal multicenter follow-up of high-risk infants: why, who, when, and what to assess
    Betty R Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Semin Perinatol 27:333-42. 2003
    ..The Network's experience thus far suggests that longitudinal follow-up can provide valuable information about treatments given to fetuses and neonates...
  36. ncbi Influence of clinical status on the association between plasma total and unbound bilirubin and death or adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low birth weight infants
    W Oh
    Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, RI, USA
    Acta Paediatr 99:673-8. 2010
    ..To assess the influence of clinical status on the association between total plasma bilirubin and unbound bilirubin on death or adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18-22 months corrected age in extremely low birth weight infants...
  37. ncbi Changes in neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18 to 22 months' corrected age among infants of less than 25 weeks' gestational age born in 1993-1999
    Susan R Hintz
    Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, 750 Welch Rd, Suite 315, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    Pediatrics 115:1645-51. 2005
    ..Increased survival rates for extremely preterm, extremely low birth weight infants during the postsurfactant era have been reported, but data on changes in neurosensory and developmental impairments are sparse...
  38. ncbi Validation of the National Institutes of Health consensus definition of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
    Richard A Ehrenkranz
    Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8064, USA
    Pediatrics 116:1353-60. 2005
    ..The objective of this study was to determine the predictive validity of the severity-based, consensus definition of BPD...
  39. ncbi First-week protein and energy intakes are associated with 18-month developmental outcomes in extremely low birth weight infants
    Bonnie E Stephens
    Department of Pediatrics, Alpert Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Pediatrics 123:1337-43. 2009
    ..We sought to evaluate the association between early protein and energy intake and neurodevelopment and growth of extremely low birth weight (<1000 g) infants...
  40. ncbi Is retinopathy of prematurity increasing among infants less than 1250 g birth weight?
    Maureen T O'Connor
    Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    J Perinatol 23:673-8. 2003
    ..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the occurrence and severity of ROP among infants < or =1250 g birth weight treated in the Special Care Nursery at Women & Infants' Hospital over a period of 7 years from 1994 to 2000...
  41. ncbi Special health care needs of infants born at the limits of viability
    Bonnie E Stephens
    Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Women and Infants Hospital, 101 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Pediatrics 125:1152-8. 2010
    ....
  42. ncbi Maternal age, multiple birth, and extremely low birth weight infants
    Betty R Vohr
    Department of Pediatrics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
    J Pediatr 154:498-503.e2. 2009
    ..To compare the rates of adverse neurodevelopmental outcome or death at 18 to 22 months among extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants born to mothers >or=4 0 years to the corresponding rates among infants of younger mothers...
  43. ncbi The effect of integrating substance abuse treatment with prenatal care on birth outcome
    P J Sweeney
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA
    J Perinatol 20:219-24. 2000
    ..To determine whether engaging pregnant substance abusers in an integrated program of prenatal care and substance abuse treatment would improve neonatal outcomes...
  44. ncbi Impact of timing of birth and resident duty-hour restrictions on outcomes for small preterm infants
    Edward F Bell
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Pediatrics 126:222-31. 2010
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  45. ncbi Human milk reduces outpatient upper respiratory symptoms in premature infants during their first year of life
    Jo-Ann Blaymore Bier
    Department of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    J Perinatol 22:354-9. 2002
    ..025) and at 7 months corrected age (p<0.025). CONCLUSION: Ingestion of human milk post discharge is associated with a reduction of upper respiratory symptoms in premature infants during their first year of life...
  46. ncbi Very low birth weight preterm infants with surgical short bowel syndrome: incidence, morbidity and mortality, and growth outcomes at 18 to 22 months
    Conrad R Cole
    Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, 2015 Uppergate Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    Pediatrics 122:e573-82. 2008
    ....
  47. ncbi Unimpaired outcomes for extremely low birth weight infants at 18 to 22 months
    Regina A Gargus
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
    Pediatrics 124:112-21. 2009
    ..The goal was to identify, among extremely low birth weight (<or=1000 g) live births, the proportion of infants who were unimpaired at 18 to 22 months of corrected age...
  48. ncbi The effects of the introduction of a high-nutrient transitional formula on growth and development of very-low-birth-weight infants
    L Andre Worrell
    Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    J Perinatol 22:112-9. 2002
    ..Bayley developmental scores were not affected. CONCLUSION: Introduction of a TF for very-low-birth-weight infants resulted in improved growth after discharge...
  49. ncbi Human milk improves cognitive and motor development of premature infants during infancy
    Jo-Ann Blaymore Bier
    Brown University School of Medicine, Child Development Center of Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, USA
    J Hum Lact 18:361-7. 2002
    ..2, cognitive R2 = 0.3; P < .05) adjusting for oxygen requirement and maternal vocabulary score. Human milk is associated with improved development of premature infants at 3 and 12 months corrected age in this sample...
  50. ncbi Severe umbilical cord inflammation-a predictor of periventricular leukomalacia in very low birth weight infants
    Karen N Wharton
    Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island/Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    Early Hum Dev 77:77-87. 2004
    ..Severe inflammation in the umbilical cord was observed in 53% of infants with PVL and 32% without PVL (p<0.05). Severe umbilical cord inflammation is one of the risk factors associated with the development of PVL in VLBW infants...
  51. ncbi Delayed cord clamping in very preterm infants reduces the incidence of intraventricular hemorrhage and late-onset sepsis: a randomized, controlled trial
    Judith S Mercer
    University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
    Pediatrics 117:1235-42. 2006
    ..Other outcome variables were late-onset sepsis (LOS) and intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)...
  52. ncbi Synchronized nasal intermittent positive-pressure ventilation and neonatal outcomes
    Vineet Bhandari
    Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8064, USA
    Pediatrics 124:517-26. 2009
    ..Limited information is available on the outcomes of infants managed with SNIPPV...
  53. ncbi Newborn screening: an overview with an update on recent advances
    Gregory Goodwin
    Department of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Women and Infants Hospital, and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care 32:144-72. 2002
  54. ncbi Impact of family health insurance and other environmental factors on universal hearing screen program effectiveness
    Betty R Vohr
    Brown University School of Medicine and Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    J Perinatol 22:380-5. 2002
    ..001) and no rescreen (p<0.0001). CONCLUSION: In population-based health services, it is important that the effects of socioeconomic and demographic variables on outcomes be evaluated...
  55. ncbi A multicenter evaluation of how many infants with permanent hearing loss pass a two-stage otoacoustic emissions/automated auditory brainstem response newborn hearing screening protocol
    Jean L Johnson
    Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
    Pediatrics 116:663-72. 2005
    ..The results also show the need for continued surveillance of hearing status during childhood...
  56. ncbi Outcome of extremely-low-birth-weight infants at highest risk: gestational age < or =24 weeks, birth weight < or =750 g, and 1-minute Apgar < or =3
    Seetha Shankaran
    Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:1084-91. 2004
    ....
  57. ncbi A multisite study to examine the efficacy of the otoacoustic emission/automated auditory brainstem response newborn hearing screening protocol: introduction and overview of the study
    Jean L Johnson
    Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822, USA
    Am J Audiol 14:S178-85. 2005
    ..This article is the 1st in a series of 4 articles on a recently completed multistate study of newborn hearing screening...
  58. ncbi A multisite study to examine the efficacy of the otoacoustic emission/automated auditory brainstem response newborn hearing screening protocol: research design and results of the study
    Karl R White
    National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management, Utah State University, Logan, USA
    Am J Audiol 14:S186-199. 2005
    ..Most (71%) had mild hearing loss. CONCLUSIONS: If all infants were screened for hearing loss using a typical 2-stage OAE/A-ABR protocol, approximately 23% of those with PHL at 8-12 months of age would have passed the A-ABR...
  59. ncbi A multisite study to examine the efficacy of the otoacoustic emission/automated auditory brainstem response newborn hearing screening protocol: results of visual reinforcement audiometry
    Judith E Widen
    Department of Hearing and Speech, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160, USA
    Am J Audiol 14:S200-16. 2005
    ....
  60. ncbi A multisite study to examine the efficacy of the otoacoustic emission/automated auditory brainstem response newborn hearing screening protocol: recommendations for policy, practice, and research
    Judith S Gravel
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
    Am J Audiol 14:S217-28. 2005
    ....
  61. ncbi Aggressive vs. conservative phototherapy for infants with extremely low birth weight
    Brenda H Morris
    University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    N Engl J Med 359:1885-96. 2008
    ..It is unclear whether aggressive phototherapy to prevent neurotoxic effects of bilirubin benefits or harms infants with extremely low birth weight (1000 g or less)...
  62. ncbi Gender differences in neurodevelopmental outcomes among extremely preterm, extremely-low-birthweight infants
    Susan R Hintz
    Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    Acta Paediatr 95:1239-48. 2006
    ..To determine whether gender-specific responses to perinatal and neonatal events and exposures explain the male disadvantage in early childhood outcomes...
  63. ncbi Newborn oto-acoustic emission hearing screening tests: preliminary evidence for a marker of susceptibility to SIDS
    Daniel D Rubens
    Department of Anesthesia, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, 4800 Sandpoint Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
    Early Hum Dev 84:225-9. 2008
    ..To evaluate the newborn transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) hearing screening tests of infants later diagnosed with the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)...
  64. ncbi Clinical data predict neurodevelopmental outcome better than head ultrasound in extremely low birth weight infants
    Eduardo Broitman
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    J Pediatr 151:500-5, 505.e1-2. 2007
    ..To determine the relative contribution of clinical data versus head ultrasound scanning (HUS) in predicting neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) in extremely low birth weight infants...
  65. ncbi Neurodevelopmental outcomes of premature infants with severe respiratory failure enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of inhaled nitric oxide
    Susan R Hintz
    NICHD Neonatal Research Network
    J Pediatr 151:16-22, 22.e1-3. 2007
    ....
  66. ncbi Does labor influence neonatal and neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely-low-birth-weight infants who are born by cesarean delivery?
    Rajan Wadhawan
    National Institute for Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network, Bethesda, MD 02905, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 189:501-6. 2003
    ..We hypothesized that infants who are born by cesarean delivery without labor will have better outcomes than those infants who are born by cesarean delivery with labor...
  67. ncbi The challenge pays off: early enhanced nutritional intake for VLBW small-for-gestation neonates improves long-term outcome
    Betty R Vohr
    J Pediatr 142:459-61. 2003
  68. ncbi Ear-canal acoustic admittance and reflectance measurements in human neonates. II. Predictions of middle-ear in dysfunction and sensorineural hearing loss
    Douglas H Keefe
    Boys Town National Research Hospital, 555 North 30th Street, Omaha, Nebaska 68131, USA
    J Acoust Soc Am 113:407-22. 2003
    ..84 for DPOAE/ABR, and A = 0.81 for TEOAE/ABR tests. The middle-ear dysfunction test adequately generalized to a new sample population (A = 0.82)...
  69. ncbi Neurodevelopmental outcome of extremely low birth weight infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus requiring shunt insertion
    Ira Adams-Chapman
    Department of Pediatrics Division of Neonatology, Emory University School of Medicine, 46 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
    Pediatrics 121:e1167-77. 2008
    ..We aimed to evaluate neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes among extremely low birth weight infants who had severe intraventricular hemorrhage that required shunt insertion compared with infants without shunt insertion...
  70. ncbi Prematurely born children demonstrate white matter microstructural differences at 12 years of age, relative to term control subjects: an investigation of group and gender effects
    R Todd Constable
    Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    Pediatrics 121:306-16. 2008
    ..The goal was to use diffusion tensor imaging to test the hypothesis that prematurely born children demonstrate long-term, white matter, microstructural differences, relative to term control subjects...
  71. ncbi Ear-canal acoustic admittance and reflectance effects in human neonates. I. Predictions of otoacoustic emission and auditory brainstem responses
    Douglas H Keefe
    Boys Town National Research Hospital, 555 North 30th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68131, USA
    J Acoust Soc Am 113:389-406. 2003
    ..The YR factors classified ABR responses less well, with ROC areas of 0.64 for predicting wave-V latency and 0.56 for predicting Fsp...
  72. ncbi Extreme prematurity--the continuing dilemma
    Betty R Vohr
    N Engl J Med 352:71-2. 2005
  73. ncbi Major congenital anomalies place extremely low birth weight infants at higher risk for poor growth and developmental outcomes
    Rachel V Walden
    Pediatrix Medical Group of Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
    Pediatrics 120:e1512-9. 2007
    ..Studies of growth and neurodevelopmental impairment in extremely low birth weight infants often exclude infants with major congenital anomalies; thus, there are few outcome data available on these infants...