[Hearing and language sequelae in survivors of a neonatal intensive care unit].

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to record the hearing and language sequelae in a sample of children from the Intensive Care Unit between the ages of two and three.

Materials And Methods: Forty-one children were studied after being submitted to neuropsychological, hearing and language tests. Both normal and abnormal parameters for each test allowed the categorization of the children.

[The prone position as an indicator of deviated motor development during the first year of life].

The adequate control and alignment of a baby in the prone position during the first year of life is a basic necessary milestone for a normal, neuromotor development. In this study the prone position was registered in 246 babies with a previous pediatric evaluation, three options could be made: normal retarded or altered. The Milani Comparetti neuromotor evaluation was also realized for each baby at the same time with the same classification options.

[The Apgar score as a predictor of neurologic sequellae].

65 newborns with Apgar score less than 7 were studied. Initially 2 groups were formed. Group 1 with severe asphyxia Apgar 0-3 and group 2 with moderate asphyxia Apgar 4-7.

[Neurologic follow-up of polycythemic newborn infants].

Seventy five newborn infants with neonatal polycythemia diagnosis (venous hematocrit levels greater than 65% were studied). They were born in the Instituto Nacional de Perinatologia and follow through their first year of life searching for neurologic findings. The more frequent signs related to polycythemia in this group were: presence of plethora, respiratory distress, cyanosis and tremors; the associated findings were hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, necrotizing enterocolitis and meconium aspiratum.