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Early developmental care interventions of preterm very low birth weight infants

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The preterm very low birth weight infants are at high risk of developing neurodevelopmental delay despite little or no medical complications at the time of birth. The care and interventions of such infants have an impact on the pre-existing risk. The Developmental Care Interventions (DCI) are the range of treatment strategies aiming to alleviate the risk thereby improving neuro-developmental outcomes. The objective of this review is to appraise the range of such interventions for preterm very low birth weight infants reported in the literature. This review will help clinicians to adopt developmental intervention strategy to improve the neuro-developmental outcomes of their NICU graduates.

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  1. Physiotherapy, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Sikkim, India

    Selvam Ramachandran

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Sikkim, India

    Sudip Dutta

  3. Central Referral Hospital, 5th Mile, Tadong, Gangtok, East Sikkim, 737 102, India

    Selvam Ramachandran

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Ramachandran, S., Dutta, S. Early developmental care interventions of preterm very low birth weight infants. Indian Pediatr 50, 765–770 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-013-0221-y

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