Long-term impact of moderate and late preterm birth: effects on neurodevelopment, brain development and respiratory health at school age

2010年，我们建立了澳大利亚首个针对比正常情况早出生几周的儿童的研究。我们的研究结果表明，这些儿童发育迟缓，与新生儿时期大脑较小和不成熟有关。他们在童年早期有更多的呼吸问题。我们想知道这些问题在学龄期是否仍然存在，所以我们将重新评估他们的思维方式，通过特殊的脑部扫描他们的大脑是什么样子，并要求他们做呼吸测试。

In 2010, we established the first Australian study of children born just a few weeks earlier than normal. Our results showed that these children had delayed development, related to smaller and less mature brains in the newborn period. They had more breathing problems in early childhood. We want to know if these problems persist at school age so we will reassess the way they think, what their brains look like with special brain scans, and ask them to do breathing tests.