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Researchers at McGill University, University Health Center have published new data on life sciences in children
2009 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com) -- Fresh data on life sciences are presented in the report 'Neurologic outcome at school entry for newborns treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for noncardiac indications.' "The neurologic outcomes at school age in children who underwent neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for noncardiac indications in a single institution surviving till the age of 5 years was determined by standardized neurologic assessment. Of 42 newborns undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, 24 underwent neurologic assessment by a single neurologist at 5 years of age," scientists writing in the Journal of Child Neurology report. "In all, 12 (50%) had a normal neurologic outcome. Lower gestational age and birth weight was found to be associated with an abnormal outcome as was septic shock as an indication for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation initiation. The number of peri-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation complications experienced by a child was associated with later epilepsy. Although invasive and implemented in critically ill infants, half of newborns undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation will have a normal neurologic outcome at school age," wrote E. Waitzer and colleagues, McGill University, University Health Center. The researchers concluded: "Preexisting factors, rather than factors related to the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation itself, appear to be greater determinants of later neurologic outcomes." Waitzer and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Child Neurology (Neurologic outcome at school entry for newborns treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for noncardiac indications. Journal of Child Neurology, 2009;24(7):801-6). Additional information can be obtained by contacting E. Waitzer, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The publisher of the Journal of Child Neurology can be contacted at: SAGE Publications, USA , 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. Keywords: Canada, Montreal, Life Sciences, Birth Weight, Pediatrics, Child Neurology, Urology. This article was prepared by Life Science Weekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Life Science Weekly via NewsRx.com.
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