Department of Neonatology, Children's and Women's Health Center of British Columbia, 4480 Oak St, Vancouver, British Columbia V4H3V4, Canada. rsherlock@cw.bc.ca
To compare long-term neurodevelopmental and functional outcomes of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) survivors with neonatal intraparenchymal echodensities (IPE) with porencephaly on cranial ultrasonography with matched controls. To compare the developmental trajectories of these infants over the childhood years with those of matched controls.
Cohort study.
Tertiary level NICU and the Neonatal Follow-Up Programme (NFUP) in Vancouver, Canada.