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Neonatal Brain Care

Does Early Developmental Intervention Work?

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Developmental-Behavioral Disorders

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Abstract

Despite stabilization of initial physiologic processes, the smallest and highest risk Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) patients are likely to spend a long time in the hospital, in order to gain weight and pass through several stages of neurobehavioral development. The NICU logistically then becomes an important site for early intervention strategies to help optimize an infant’s development and a family’s adaptation.

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  1. Division of Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, The Evanston Hospital and Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, Illinois, 60201, USA

    Peter A. Gorski & Polly Panitz

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  1. Institute for Child Development, Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

    Marvin I. Gottlieb M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Professor) (Director, Professor)

  2. Section of Developmental Pediatrics, Institute for Child Development, Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

    John E. Williams M.D. (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor)

  3. Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA

    Marvin I. Gottlieb M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Professor) & John E. Williams M.D. (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Director, Professor) &  (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor)

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Gorski, P.A., Panitz, P. (1991). Neonatal Brain Care. In: Gottlieb, M.I., Williams, J.E. (eds) Developmental-Behavioral Disorders. Critical Issues in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3714-4_5

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