Transition of Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants From Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Comparison With Normal Birth-Weight Controls

ABSTRACT Survival of extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW) infants weighing less than 1000 g has improved impressively, but as children and adolescents, they continue to have problems in cognition, achievement at school, behavior, and social adaptation. Only recently have survivors from the early era of postneonatal intensive care reached their young adult years. The investigators report a prospective population-based study carried out in Ontario, …