The Impact of an Insult or Disability from Birth on Infants' Ability to Organize and Interpret Multiple Sources of Information.

Y

24

Researchers

At Risk Persons; Behavior Patterns; Child Development; Family Income; Hospitalized Children; Infant Behavior; Infants; Neonates; Perinatal Influences; Predictive Measurement

0271-1214

Findings of a study of 32 infants attending a neonatal intensive care unit follow-up clinic included mechanically ventilated infants were more irritable than nonventilated infants; infants from lower income families were fussier than infants from higher income families; 5-minute Apgar scores were more predictive of infants' success on a visual task than 1-minute scores. (Author/DB)

1994

EJ477664