Publications by authors named "K Boerch"
Background: Studies are sparse and inconclusive about the association between maternal education and cognitive development among children born very preterm (VPT). Although this association is well established in the general population, questions remain about its magnitude among children born VPT whose risks of medical and developmental complications are high. We investigated the association of maternal education with cognitive outcomes in European VPT birth cohorts.
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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
July 2020
Objective: To determine whether the variation in neurodevelopmental disability rates between populations persists after adjustment for demographic, maternal and infant characteristics for an international very preterm (VPT) birth cohort using a standardised approach to neurodevelopmental assessment at 2 years of age.
Design: Prospective standardised cohort study.
Setting: 15 regions in 10 European countries.
Objectives: To compare duration and changes over time in length of hospital stay for very preterm and extremely preterm infants in 10 European regions.
Design: Two area-based cohort studies from the same regions in 2003 and 2011/2012.
Setting: Ten regions from nine European countries.
Background: A considerable local variability in the rate of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) has been recorded previously.
Objectives: The objectives of the present study were to describe regional differences in the rate of BPD in very preterm neonates from a European population-based cohort and to further delineate risk factors.
Methods: 4,185 survivors to 36 weeks' postmenstrual age of 4,984 live-born infants born at 24+0-31+6 weeks' gestation in 2003 (the MOSAIC cohort) in 10 European regions were enrolled using predefined structured questionnaires.