Extremely preterm infants in Sweden study
Initiatives
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The overall aims of the EXPRESS study are to:
1. increase understanding of factors that are significant for preventing extremely premature birth
2. improve medical care of children born so early.
3. promote lifelong health for these ‘new survivors’.
4. form a foundation for the development of a national quality control instrument that will facilitate equal care and treatment of pregnant women and their children in Sweden.
- Start Year
- 2004
- Funding
- Swedish Research Council(grant 521-2006-3858) and the Swedish Neonatal Society
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Follow-up assessment at 30 months and at 6.5 years of age.
Marker Paper
EXPRESS Group. Incidence of and risk factors for neonatal morbidity after active perinatal care: extremely preterm infants study in Sweden (EXPRESS). Acta Paediatr. 2010 Jul;99(7):978-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01846.x. Epub 2010 Apr 26.
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 1,011
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Liveborn < 27 weeks gestational age orstillborn 22 weeks + 0 days to 26 weeks + 6 days gestational age
Access
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