In preterm infants, length growth below expected growth during hospital stay predicts poor neurodevelopment at 2 years.
Résumé
∆OLG-ELG is a marker of neonatal growth that does not depend on gestational age, and may reflect quality of growth. A ∆OLG-ELG ≤-0.5 Z-score is associated with a higher risk for 2-year nonoptimal neurodevelopmental outcome.