Publications by authors named "Renate Mc Swarte"
Two-year neurodevelopmental outcome in children born extremely preterm: the EPI-DAF study.
Pauline E van Beek Monique Rijken Lisa Broeders Hendrik J Ter Horst Corine Koopman-Esseboom Renate Mc Swarte
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
September 2022
Article Synopsis
- In 2010, the Dutch doctors decided to start treating babies born at 24 weeks instead of waiting until 25 weeks, and they studied what happened to these babies by 2 years old.
- They looked at nearly a thousand babies born between 24 and 26 weeks, and found that about 66% survived to be 2 years old, with most doing okay and a few having more serious problems.
- The study showed that treating babies born earlier didn't lead to a lot more severe problems, and that babies born at 26 weeks did better than those born at 24 weeks.