Former very preterm infants show alterations in plasma amino acid profiles at a preschool age.

Background: Amino acid analysis is a valuable tool for cardiovascular risk assessment. Preterm infants display plasma amino acid changes in the newborn period. Whether these changes persist is unknown to date.

Effect of developmental care for very premature infants on neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years of age.

Background: To determine the effect of developmental care on neurodevelopmental outcome in formerly preterm infants at a corrected age of 2 years.

Methods: A prospective phase-lag study was performed at an Austrian neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). From January 2003 to December 2005 (study period of conventional care) and January 2007 to December 2009 (study period of developmental care), we enrolled all infants born in Tyrol at less than 32 weeks of gestation.

Epidemiology of apparent life threatening events.

Aims: To investigate the epidemiology and risk factors of apparent life threatening events (ALTE).

Methods: A prospective study enrolled all live-born infants in the Tyrol (1993-2001). Information on pregnancy, sociodemographic characteristics, child care practices, and infant's behaviour in the first four to six weeks of life was collected with a standardised questionnaire, and was available for 44,184 infants.

Epidemiology of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in the Tyrol before and after an intervention campaign.

Objective: We investigated the epidemiology of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in the Tyrol before and after an intervention campaign.

Patients And Methods: Descriptive characteristics and risk factors of SIDS before the campaign were assessed in a retrospective case-control study (1984 to 1994). In April 1994 a country-wide information campaign on modifiable risk behaviours was initiated.