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Extremely Preterm Birth and its Consequences – Chapter 1: Introduction (free ebook)

This chapter is part of Extremely Preterm Birth and its Consequences

The ELGAN Study

Product Type: PDF (Sub-Section of Book)

Series: Clinics in Developmental Medicine

Edition: 1st

Publication date: December 2020

Page count: 34

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Olaf Dammann (Editor), Alan Leviton (Editor), Thomas Michael O’Shea (Editor), Nigel Paneth (Editor)

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Chapter 1 – Introduction from Extremely Preterm Birth and its Consequences: The ELGAN Study

About the Complete Book

The ELGAN (Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns) Study was the largest and most comprehensive multicentre study ever completed for this population of babies born before 28 weeks’ gestation. The authors’ presentation and exploration of the results of the research will help clinicians to prevent adverse health outcomes and promote positive health for these children. They have focused on the exposures and outcomes related to the developing brain, inflammation and infection as major risk factors for developmental adversity.

  • Identifies potentially modifiable risk factors and pathways leading to a broad range of neurodevelopmental impairments in middle childhood, as well as to other conditions such as asthma, obesity, cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder.
  • With a focus on pre-, peri-, and post-natal inflammation and the methods used to assess it.
  • Covers antenatal and postnatal risk factors, then structural and functional indicators of damage to the brain.

From the Foreword

“The ELGAN Study is an important contribution and not only clarifies, but also signposts their work and future research directions … one of the most important large detailed and prospective longitudinal studies in our field.”

Neil Marlow

Professor of Neonatal Medicine, University College London

Readership

It will be a valuable and comprehensive resource for practising neonatologists, developmental paediatricians, child neurologists and psychiatrists, as well as to researchers studying population health.

Clinics in Developmental Medicine

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Olaf Dammann (Editor)

Olaf Dammann

Olaf Dammann is Professor and Vice-Chair Department of Public Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston. He trained in linguistics and informatics (U Hamburg), medicine (U Hamburg), epidemiology (Harvard), and philosophy (U Johannesburg). He worked as a pediatrician until he started doing research full-time in 1995. His main research topics are perinatal epidemiology with a focus on brain/retina damage in preterm newborns, and philosophy of science with a focus on causation and explanation. He has received research funding from the NIH, the European Union, and several private foundations. His bibliography includes more than 200 papers and the book “Causation in Population Health Informatics and Data Science” (Springer, 2019).

Alan Leviton (Editor)

Alan Leviton, MD

Alan Leviton is Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Emeritus head of the neuro-epidemiology unit, Boston Children’s Hospital. He has clinical training in neurology and research training in epidemiology, and devoted himself to identifying the exposures that most likely contribute to neurocognitive and physical limitations in high-risk children.

Thomas Michael O’Shea (Editor)

Thomas Michael Dillon (Mike) O'Shea Jr., MD, MPH Professor of Pediatrics Chief, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Thomas Michael O’Shea, MD, MPH, C. Richard Morris Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Division Chief for Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the University of North Carolina. For the past 35 years he has studied the epidemiology and prevention of neurodevelopmental impairments and related child health outcomes among individuals born prematurely. He was awarded the AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Landmark Award in recognition of his study of the relationship of treatment with postnatal glucocorticoids to the risk of cerebral palsy among very low birth weight infants. He currently is the co-principal investigator for the third phase of the ELGAN Study.

Nigel Paneth (Editor)

Dr Nigel Paneth - Mac Keith Press Editorial Board

Nigel Paneth, MD MPH is University Distinguished Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Pediatrics & Human Development, Michigan State University. He is a pediatrician and perinatal and child health epidemiologist with a particular interest in the causes and prevention of childhood neurodevelopmental handicap, especially cerebral palsy.

  • Complete Book Contents
  • Author Appointments
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • Alan Leviton, Olaf Dammann, T Michael O’Shea, and Nigel Paneth
  • PART I Placenta and Perinatal Risk Factors
  • 2. Placental Microorganisms in ELGAN with Correlation to Pregnancy Outcomes, Intrauterine Inflammation, and Postnatal and Later-life Outcomes
  • Martha Scott Tomlinson and Rebecca C Fry
  • 3. Correlations of Placental Histology in ELGANS With Delivery Indications, Placental Microbiology, and Childhood Morbidity
  • Jonathan L Hecht
  • 4. Signal Initiators of Early Preterm Birth
  • Asha N Talati and Tracy A Manuck
  • 5. Maternal Adiposity 43
  • Jelske W van der Burg and Elizabeth T Jensen
  • PART II Neonatal Exposures and Outcomes
  • 6. Illness-Severity and Outcomes among Children Born Extremely Preterm
  • J Wells Logan and Olaf Dammann
  • 7. Bacteremia
  • H Reeve Bright and Kikelomo Babata
  • 8. Retinopathy of Prematurity
  • Mari Holm, Deborah Van der Veen, and Olaf Dammann
  • 9. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
  • Wesley M Jackson and Matthew M Laughon
  • PART III Structural Brain Disorders
  • 10. Ultrasound
  • Genevieve Taylor and T Michael O’Shea
  • 11. Multispectral Quantitative MRI: Techniques and Preliminary Results
  • Hernán Jara and T Michael O’Shea
  • PART IV Function Brain Disorders
  • 12. Cerebral Palsy among Children Born Extremely Preterm: The ELGAN Study
  • Stephanie Watkins and T Michael O’Shea
  • 13. Cognitive and Behavioral Functioning
  • Lauren Bush, Megan N Scott, and Scott J Hunter
  • 14. Autism, Social Impairment, and Social Communication Deficits in Children Born Prior to the 28th Week of Gestation
  • Steven J Korzeniewski
  • 15. Psychiatric and Behavioral Outcomes at Age 2 and 10 Years in Individuals Born Extremely Preterm
  • Jean A Frazier, Hannah Zamore, and Stephen R Hooper
  • 16. Concluding Chapter: Please Draw Your Own Conclusions
  • Alan Leviton, Olaf Dammann, T Michael O’Shea, and Nigel Paneth
  • Glossary
  • Index

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