MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN 262 INFANTS WITH BIRTH-WEIGHT BELOW 1500 GBORN IN STOCKHOLM COUNTY 1988-1992

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between neonatal clinical conditions and the development of senso-motoric handicaps. T wo hundred and sixty-two infants with a birth weight < 1500 g, born in or referred to the Karolinska/S:t Goran's Children Hospital from Sept ember 1988 to april 1992 were studied prospectively. The total surviva l was 83%. Preliminary results of the Griffiths' test of these infants showed an average cognitive ability of the same level as for fullterm s except for those pre-term infants who had suffered from the combinat ion of chronic lung disease and leucomalacia. The incidence of moderat e to severe senso-motoric disability is up to the present time 5%.