hrp0092rfc9.6 | Fetal, Neonatal Endocrinology and Metabolism (to include Hypoglycaemia) | ESPE2019

Extra Uterine Growth Restriction (EUGR) in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: Growth Recovery and Neurodevelopment by the Corrected Age of 2 Years Old

Lucaccioni Laura , Arrigoni Marta , Della Casa Elisa , Bertoncelli Natascia , Predieri Barbara , Berardi Alberto , Pugliese Marisa , Ferrari Fabrizio , Iughetti Lorenzo

Background: Extra Uterine Growth Restriction (EUGR) represents a serious comorbidity in infants born very low birth weight (VLBW). In fact, failure in postnatal growth and malnutrition at vulnerable ages can interfere with growth recovery and neurodevelopment at older ages.Hypothesis: Aim of the study was to assess whether and how the postnatal early growth patterns of VLBW may affect later growth, spontaneous motility a...