RESUMO
Neurodevelopment abilities of 33 very-low-birthweight (VLBW) Trinidadian children and randomly selected matched pairs of classmates who were of normal birth weight were tested in 1998 at ages 68-88 months, using the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities. The 1 min Apgar score was significantly lower in the VLBW children, 6.5 (SD 1.0) versus 7.7 (SD 1.27), less than or equal to 0.001. These differences may reflect a delay in the neurodevelopment of these children. However, the effect of child-rearing practices and the inappropriateness of the test for the population cannot be ruled out (AU)
Assuntos
Humanos , Criança , Peso ao Nascer , Biologia do Desenvolvimento , Trinidad e Tobago , Recém-Nascido/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Recém-Nascido/fisiologia , Região do CaribeRESUMO
Culex (Melanoconion) caudelli has been reared in the laboratory for the first time. The average life-cycle takes approximately 24ñ5.9 days. Observations on the egg, larval and pupal stages were also made. (AU)
