Late-onset neonatal sepsis was not associated with impaired neurodevelopmental outcome: Results from the EPICE/SHIPS-PT cohort.

Aim: To assess the impact of late-onset neonatal sepsis (LONS) on the cognitive and motor development of five-year-old children who were born very preterm (VPT).

Methods: This study included 327 VPT children from the Portuguese EPICE/SHIPS cohort who attended the neurodevelopment assessment. Neuropsychological tests such as WPPSI-R, MABC-2 and NEPSY-II (language domain) were used to assess the children's cognitive and motor development.