V.P. SHCHERBAKOVA^1, 2, L.I. MOZZHUKHINA¹, I.V. IVANOVA¹, L.E. STROYEVA¹, E.A. ERMOLINA²

 ¹Yaroslavl State Medical University, Yaroslavl

²Regional Prenatal Center, Yaroslavl

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Shcherbakova V.P. — post-graduate student of the Department of Pediatrics, pediatrician of the Out-patient Department for young children

Address: 31 Tutayevskoye shosse, Yaroslavl, Russian Federation, 150042, tel.: +7-980-658-14-40, e-mail: thanatolog@gmail.com

The physical development of extremely preterm infants remains poorly studied, it is mecessary to determine the timing and methods of «catching up» growth and the identification of risk groups for postnatal growth retardation. The article analyzes the indicators of the physical development of children born extremely premature in the first three years of life. The influence of gestational age, birth weight and postnatal growth retardation in the first months of life on the subsequent physical development of children was determined. Underweight of degrees 1 and 2 in extremely preterm infants at the discharge from hospital is a prognostic sigh for including in group risk for underweight, low height and low head circumference in the first three years of life.

Key words: children, premature, physical development, postnatal growth retardation.

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