Behavioral sleep interventions-a 5yr follow-up
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Behavioral sleep problems in infants include bedtime refusal or resistance, delayed sleep onset and prolonged night awakenings, without the presence of any adverse medical condition. i.e. pain. Randomized trials have demonstrated the effectiveness of behavioral sleep interventions. Concerns however continue that they may harm the child's emotional development and subsequent mental health.
A 5 year follow-up of 326 old children who underwent behavioral techniques at 8-10 months, vs. usual care, indicates no differences between intervention and control family for children's emotional and conduct behavioral scores, sleep problems, sleep habits, psychosocial function, chronic stress, child-parent closeness, etc. Behavioral sleep techniques have no marked long lasting deleterious effects on infants or family relationships. Source: Pediatrics
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EEG for predicting neurodevelopment in preterm infants
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 780 EEG records of 333 preterm infants born < 34 weeks gestation undertaken during 3 time periods (at least once each within 1-6 days of birth, 7-19 days, and 20-36 days respectively) were utilized to categorize the relationship between early EEG measurements and neurodevelopment. Neurodevelopment outcomes were assessed at 12-18 months of age. EEG abnormalities in preterm infants during the first month of life significantly predict adverse neurodevelopment at 12-18 months. Source: Pediatrics
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