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H E THELANDER

Publications and source records attributed to H E THELANDER.

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PubMed1956

A five-year study of prematurity.

To get a comprehensive picture of prematurity and neonatal death or survival, all factors on the maternal and fetal records that might be pertinent were recorded. This information, having to do with factors such as age, gravida of the mother, blood group incompatibility, period of gestation, weight at birth, type of delivery, medication and anesthesia administered to the mother, is presented in tabular form. In the study of perinatal mortality it was noted that failure to establish normal pulmonary ventilation is the most common cause of death in the neonatal period. Maternal history of relative infertility, that is, previous abortions, stillbirths and premature deliveries, was the most impressive finding in the stillborn series. In the follow-up study of premature infants who survived the neonatal period, 8.5 per cent were found to be severely handicapped. In four cases the handicap was due to congenital anomalies, in two others probably to infection, leaving 12 with complications possibly ascribable to prematurity. Six of these had retrolental fibroplasia as a major handicap. In seven, mental retardation was the presenting problem. Most of the handicapped children had multiple handicaps, which included spasticity, delayed motor development, strabismus, etc. The incidence of the necessity for corrective measures for feet and legs appeared relatively high. In general, survivors compared favorably with the rest of the childhood population. Complications and twinning were associated inordinately often.

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PubMed1954

Childhood ecology; factors influencing maturation.

An attempt has been made to pick out of the whole study of childhood ecology three of the fairly well known areas involved in maturation, namely physical growth, intellectual development, and emotional reactions and to indicate not only the uniformity of patterns in each of these throughout life but the effect of certain adverse factors in deterring normal maturation. The areas are interdependent and failure of the child to master any level of his development adequately influences adversely the total development of his personality.

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