Posted On: December 13, 2008
Cerebral Palsy More Prevalent in “Late Term” Premature Babies
According to a study released last week children born between 34 and 36 weeks gestation are three times more likely to develop cerebral palsy. This study is alarming because the number of children born between 34 and 36 weeks in the US is increasing. In fact, about 1 in 11 children born in the US falls in this category totaling 370,000 children a year.
The study could not explain the reason for this increase other then to say that these children are often larger in size and as such many health care professionals treat them as if they were full term babies thus they don’t receive the care they need.
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