Cognitive Training for Visuospatial Processing in Children Aged 5½ to 6 Years Born Very Preterm With Working Memory Dysfunction: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Compared with term-born peers, children born very preterm generally perform poorly in executive functions, particularly in working memory and inhibition. By taking advantage of neuroplasticity, computerized cognitive training of working memory in those children could improve visuospatial processing by boosting visual inhibition via working memory.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term effect of cognitive working memory training on visuospatial processing in children aged 5½ to 6 years born very preterm who have working memory impairment.

Neonatal Care Unit Interventions on Preterm Development.

Prematurity is becoming a real public health issue as more and more children are being born prematurely, alongside a higher prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders. Early intervention programs in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) correspond to these uni- or multi-sensorial solicitations aiming to prevent and detect complications in order to support the development of preterm infants. This article aims to distinguish sensory intervention programs according to the gradient of the type of solicitations, uni- or multi-modal, and according to the function of the person who performs these interventions.

Chorionicity and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 5½ years among twins born preterm: the EPIPAGE2 cohort study.

Objective: To compare the neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm twins at 5½ years by chorionicity of pregnancy.

Design: Prospective nationwide population-based EPIPAGE2 (Etude Epidémiologique sur les Petits Âges Gestationnels) cohort study.

Setting: A total of 546 maternity units in France, between March and December 2011.

Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Very Preterm Children: Mortality and Neurodevelopment at Age 5.

Objectives: The objectives were to describe mortality and causes of death in children with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and to study neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Methods: The study was a secondary analysis of the French national prospective and population-based cohort EPIPAGE-2. Children were recruited in 2011.

Impact of Early Hemoglobin Levels on Neurodevelopment Outcomes of Two-Year-Olds in Very Preterm Children.

Objective: To evaluate, in very preterm infants, the hemoglobin (Hb) levels during the first 24 h and the neurodevelopment outcomes at 24 months of corrected age.

Design, Setting, And Patients: We conducted a secondary analysis of the French national prospective and population-based cohort EPIPAGE-2. The eligible study participants were live-born singletons who were born before 32 weeks of gestational age, with early Hb levels who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit.