Atrasos no desenvolvimento de crianças em ambulatório de seguimento de prematuros

Abstract

Prematurity, low birth weight and the need for intensive support are risk factors for the development of children discharged from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This study aims to characterize a group of children identified with neuropsychomotor delay by the multidisciplinary team of a Premature Infant Follow-up Program at a university hospital in Rio Grande do Sul. This is a research with a quantitative, documentary, longitudinal approach, with a descriptive nature. . All premature children with their first consultation between 2018 and 2022, identified with neuropsychomotor delay during longitudinal follow-up with the multidisciplinary team, were included. Children diagnosed with neurological pathology, inborn error of metabolism, congenital malformations, syndromes and without complete record of information were excluded. Data were collected from medical records and analyzed using descriptive statistics. 138 children with neuropsychomotor delay were identified. There was a predominance of boys (63%), born by cesarean section (64.5%), moderately premature (37.7%), with similar classifications of low weight and prolonged hospitalizations (average of 63.38 days). In the general distribution of delays, there is a predominance of psychological risk (63%), followed by motor delay (37.7%), language (32.6%), cognitive and global (25.4% each) and socio-emotional (15.2%). It is concluded that the multidisciplinary team played a decisive role in the early identification of neuropsychomotor delays, expanding the team's possibilities for conduct.