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| Content Provider | Springer Nature : BioMed Central |
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| Author | Yang, Wang Chen, Jianping Shen, Wenzhi Wang, Chengju Wu, Zhifeng Chang, Qing Li, Wenzao Lv, Kuilin Pan, Qiuming Li, Hongxia Ha, Duyao Zhang, Yuping |
| Abstract | Background Positional deformities (PD) are common during early infancy. Severe cases may result in facial abnormalities and be associated with delayed neurological development in infants. The earlier the detection of PD, the better the intervention effect and the lower the cost of treatment. Currently, there are many studies on PD in Europe and the United States. However, in China, there is little data on the basic metrics and incidence of PD. Premature infants have a high risk of PD. However, there are few studies on PD in premature infants globally, and none in Asia. This study aimed to investigate PD and its characteristics inpremature infants to help its early detection and intervention and thus improve the quality of life for premature infants. Methods We analyzed 530 preterm infants who visited the outpatient departments at Xinqiao Hospital of Army Medical University and Maternal and Child Health Care Hospitals of Wanzhou and Yongchuan Districts in Chongqing from September 1, 2016, to August 31, 2017. The head shape data measured by a simple manual method were recorded. The diagonal difference (DD) between the transcranial diagonals and the cranial index (CI) was calculated. PD and its incidences indifferent gestational ages and corrected age groups were analyzed. Results According to previously defined international diagnostic criteria, the incidence of plagiocephaly, brachycephaly, and dolichocephaly were 51.1, 85.1, and 3.0% respectively, and those of right and left plagiocephalywere69.4 and 30.6%, respectively. The incidence of PD was highest among infants with a gestational age of < 32 weeks and decreased as the gestational age increased. As the corrected age (CA) increased, the incidence of plagiocephaly and dolichocephaly decreased, and the incidence of brachycephaly increased. Conclusions PD incidence is high among preterm infants. As gestational age decreased, PD incidence and severity increased. Therefore, healthcare providers should implement early PD detection and intervention to prevent the adverse outcomes. The extremely high incidence of brachycephaly and extremely low incidence of dolichocephaly in this study are likely to be due to the variance of cranial metrics caused by cultural differences. The Chinese standards for infant cranial measurements must be established. |
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| Ending Page | 9 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| File Format | HTM / HTML |
| ISSN | 14712431 |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12887-019-1864-1 |
| Journal | BMC Pediatrics |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 19 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | BioMed Central |
| Publisher Date | 2019-12-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Pediatrics Internal Medicine Brachycephaly Plagiocephaly Dolichocephaly Positional deformities Premature infants |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health |
| Journal Impact Factor | 2/2023 |
| 5-Year Journal Impact Factor | 2.4/2023 |
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