Perinatal and neonatal predictors of developmental coordination disorder in very low birthweight children.

Objective: To identify perinatal and neonatal risk factors associated with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) in very low birthweight children (VLBW: <1250 g).

Design: Retrospective design with prospectively collected cohort.

Setting: Neonatal Follow-Up Program, Vancouver, Canada.

Quality of life of formerly preterm and very low birth weight infants from preschool age to adulthood: a systematic review.

Objective: The goal of this systematic review was to synthesize studies that examined the health-related quality of life of preschool- and school-aged children, adolescents, and young adults who were born preterm and/or at very low birth weight.

Methods: We searched 7 databases up to September 2006 (Medline, PubMed, Embase, EBM Reviews, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PsycINFO, and the Educational Resource Information Center) as well as gray literature sources. We independently screened studies and included them only if a quality-of-life outcome measure was used and findings compared preterm, very low birth weight, or extremely low birth weight infants with term or normal birth weight peers.