Increasing prevalence of cerebral palsy in children born very preterm in Denmark.
Martha Veber FoghGorm GreisenTine Dalsgaard ClausenLone KrebsMads Langager LarsenChristina Engel Hoei-HansenPublished in: Developmental medicine and child neurology (2024)
The increasing prevalence of CP in children born preterm was driven by the subgroup born very preterm and matched their decrease in neonatal mortality. In similar population studies, decreased mortality was not followed by increased CP prevalence. An increase in clinical risk factors was unlikely to explain our findings, but more active neonatal life support may have played a role.