[Follow-up protocol for newborns of birthweight less than 1500 g or less than 32 weeks gestation]

Abstract

The mortality of children with a birthweight of less than 1500g or with a gestational age of less than 32 weeks (<1500<32) has decreased significantly in the last 20 years or so. Given the higher risk of disability in these children, follow-up after hospital discharge is considered essential. In this document, the Follow-Up Group of the Spanish Society of Neonatology, in collaboration with the Spanish Society of Paediatric Primary Care, propose a follow-up protocol specific for the<1500<32, which has as its aim to standardise the activities and evaluations according to good practice criteria.

Keywords: Children with a birthweight of less than 1500g; Follow-up of high risk children; Follow-up protocol; Niños con peso menor de 1.500g; Premature newborns with a gestational age less than 32 weeks; Prematuros con una edad gestacional menor de 32 semanas; Protocolo de seguimiento; Seguimiento de niños de alto riesgo.