Early Human Development

Article	Citations
An overview of adult health outcomes after preterm birth	89
Withdrawn: Vaccine hesitancy among Maltese Healthcare workers toward influenza and novel COVID-19 vaccination	83
Unknown unknowns – COVID-19 and potential global mortality	57
Influenza vaccination in the COVID-19 era	55
Premature birth, low birth weight, small for gestational age and chronic non-communicable diseases in adult life: A systematic review with meta-analysis	51
Maternal influences on fetal brain development: The role of nutrition, infection and stress, and the potential for intergenerational consequences	49
Depression during pregnancy and the risk of low birth weight, preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction- an updated meta-analysis	48
Prenatal exposure to methadone or buprenorphine and long-term outcomes: A meta-analysis	39
Infant feeding initiation practices in the context of COVID-19 lockdown	39
A pilot study demonstrating the impact of the supporting and enhancing NICU sensory experiences (SENSE) program on the mother and infant	34
The effect of global warming on mortality	33
WITHDRAWN: Vaccine hesitancy in the University of Malta Faculties of Health Sciences, Dentistry and Medicine vis-à-vis influenza and novel COVID-19 vaccination	33
Evaluation of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ 3) as a developmental screener at 9, 18, and 24 months	32
Fatherhood during the COVID-19 pandemic: an unexpected turnaround	30
Neurodevelopmental outcomes in very preterm infants: The role of severity of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia	29
WITHDRAWN: Vaccine hesitancy in Maltese family physicians and their trainees vis-à-vis influenza and novel COVID-19 vaccination	29
The mother-child attachment bond before and after birth: The role of maternal perception of traumatic childbirth	27
Promoting infant mental health in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU): A review of nurturing factors and interventions for NICU infant-parent relationships	25
Childbirth related PTSD and its association with infant outcome: A systematic review	24
Neurological disorders vis-à-vis climate change	23
Family Integrated Care (FICare): Positive impact on behavioural outcomes at 18 months	23
Movements and posture in infants born extremely preterm in comparison to term-born controls	22
Withdrawn: COVID-19: A global and continental overview of the second wave and its (relatively) attenuated case fatality ratio	22
General Movement Assessment from videos of computed 3D infant body models is equally effective compared to conventional RGB video rating	22
Understanding COVID-19: Digit ratio (2D:4D) and sex differences in national case fatality rates	22

Sociodemographic and medical influences on neurobehavioral patterns in preterm infants: A multi-center study	21
Early brain abnormalities in infants born very preterm predict under-reactive temperament	21
Maternal-fetal attachment and perceived parental bonds of pregnant women	20
Prenatal distress, access to services, and birth outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a longitudinal study	20
Neurodevelopment in infants with antenatal or early neonatal exposure to SARS-CoV-2	18
Paternal programming of offspring health	16
Early postnatal changes of circulating N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia	16
Parents' experiences of emotional closeness to their infants in the neonatal unit: A meta-ethnography	16
Prenatal opioid exposure – Increasing evidence of harm	16
Implementing a standardized screening protocol for parental depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit	16
Gestational diabetes, environmental temperature and climate factors – From epidemiological evidence to physiological mechanisms	16
Do lifetime anxiety disorders (anxiety liability) and pregnancy-related anxiety predict complications during pregnancy and delivery?	16
Antenatal maternal anxiety, maternal sensitivity and toddlers' behavioral problems: An investigation of possible pathways	15
WITHDRAWN: To wear or not to wear? Adherence to face mask use during the COVID-19 and Spanish influenza pandemics	15
How babies learn: The autonomic socioemotional reflex	15
Alberta Infant Motor Scale: Cross-cultural analysis of gross motor development in Dutch and Canadian infants and introduction of Dutch norms	15
Whole-body vibration in neonatal transport: a review of current knowledge and future research challenges	15
Inter-rater reliability of amplitude-integrated EEG for the detection of neonatal seizures	15
Pharmaceuticals and the environment	14
The influence of feeding method on a mother's circadian rhythm and on the development of her infant's circadian rest-activity rhythm	14
Parent mental health and neurodevelopmental outcomes of children hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit	14
Interstitial lung disease in infancy	14
Changes in non-nutritive suck between 3 and 12 months	13
Determinants of neonatal hypoglycemia after antenatal administration of corticosteroids (ACS) for lung maturation: Data from two referral centers and review of the literature	13
Morphine affects brain activity and volumes in preterms: An observational multi-center study	13
Artificial intelligence in medicine	13
Association of maternal anthropometry, hemoglobin and serum zinc concentration during pregnancy with birth weight	13
Executive function deficits mediate the association between very preterm birth and behavioral problems at school-age	13
Diagnostic value of fecal calprotectin in necrotizing enterocolitis: A meta-analysis	13
Timing of umbilical cord clamping and neonatal jaundice in singleton term pregnancy	13
Associations between maternal technology use, perceptions of infant temperament, and indicators of mother-to-infant attachment quality	12
Self-regulation and emotional reactivity in infants with prenatal exposure to opioids and alcohol	12
N-BiPAP vs n-CPAP in term neonate with respiratory distress syndrome	12
Early general movements are associated with developmental outcomes at 4.5–5 years	12
WITHDRAWN: COVID-19, its novel vaccination and fake news – What a brew	12
Early life factors and COVID-19 infection in England: A prospective analysis of UK Biobank participants	12
Successful breastfeeding among women with intention to breastfeed: From physiology to socio-cultural factors	11
Predicting physical activity in a national cohort of children born extremely preterm	11
‘Postnatal growth during the first five years of life in SGA and AGA neonates with reduced fetal growth’	11
Behavioral problems in very preterm children at five years of age using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A multicenter cohort study	11
Movement analysis in early infancy: Towards a motion biomarker of age	11
The effect of meconium thickness level on neonatal outcome	11
Fetal bladder outflow obstruction: Interventions, outcomes and management uncertainties	11
A two-pronged approach to reduce noise levels in the neonatal intensive care unit	10
The 2016 presidential election and periviable births among Latina women	10
Low cardiac output measured by bioreactance and adverse outcome in preterm infants with birth weight less than 1250 g	10
Effects of maternal mental health on fetal visual preference for face-like compared to non-face like light stimulation	10
Preterm infant heart rate is lowered after Family Nurture Intervention in the NICU: Evidence in support of autonomic conditioning	10
Association between the 2d:4d and cardiovascular risk factors: Body mass index, blood pressure and body fat	10
Prenatal clubfoot increases the risk for clinically significant chromosomal microarray results – Analysis of 269 singleton pregnancies	10

The clinical burden of extremely preterm birth in a large medical records database in the United States: Mortality and survival associated with selected complications	10
Socio-demographic factors related to parent engagement in the NICU and the impact of the SENSE program	10
The influence of breastfeeding on cortical and bio-behavioural indicators of procedural pain in newborns: Findings of a randomized controlled trial	10
Gross motor development of Thai healthy full-term infants aged from birth to 14 months using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale: Inter individual variability	10
The stability of the Bayley scales in early childhood and its relationship with future intellectual abilities in a low to middle income country	10
Subgroup analysis of the early paracetamol trial to preterm infants found haemodynamic changes and improved oxygenation	10
Automation of oxygen titration in preterm infants: Current evidence and future challenges	10
New born pulse oximetry screening: A global perspective	9
Neonatal pain, thalamic development and sensory processing behaviour in children born very preterm	9
Relationships between intelligence, executive function and academic achievement in children born very preterm	9
Enhancing breastfeeding establishment in preterm infants: A randomized clinical trial of two non-nutritive sucking approaches	9
Second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D) is associated with dementia in women	9
Association between tendencies for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the 2D:4D digit ratio: a cross-cultural replication in Germany and China	9
COVID-19 and developmental origins of health and disease	9
Echocardiographic measures of ventricular-vascular interactions in congenital diaphragmatic hernia	9
Limitation of life-sustaining treatment in NICU: Physicians' beliefs and attitudes in the Buenos Aires region	9
The Infant Behavior Questionnaire – Revised: psychometric properties at 2 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months of life	9
The quality of general movements in infants with complex congenital heart disease undergoing surgery in the neonatal period	9
Supporting Play, Exploration, and Early Development Intervention (SPEEDI) for preterm infants: A feasibility randomised controlled trial in an Australian context	9
Social support buffers the effects of maternal prenatal stress on infants' unpredictability	9
Outcomes following less-invasive-surfactant-administration in the delivery-room	9
Early visual and neuro-development in preterm infants with and without retinopathy	9
Effect of skin-to-skin contact at birth on early neonatal hospitalization	9
Early extubation is associated with shorter duration of mechanical ventilation and lower incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia	8
Difficulties in developmental follow-up of preterm neonates in a randomised-controlled trial of Bifidobacterium breve M16-V — Experience from Western Australia	8
A breastfeeding support program changed breastfeeding patterns but did not affect the mothers' self-efficacy in breastfeeding at two months	8
Prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder in mothers of preterm infants using trauma-focused group therapy: Manual development and evaluation	8
Infant DNA methylation: an early indicator of intergenerational trauma?	8
The future of Cochrane Neonatal	8
Early receptive and expressive lexicons and language and pre-literacy skills at 5;0 years – A longitudinal study	8
Changes in mortality rates among extremely preterm infants born before 25 weeks' gestation: Comparison between the 2005 and 2010 nationwide surveys in Japan	8
Prenatal exposure to mixtures of persistent endocrine disrupting chemicals and postnatal body size in British girls	8
Respiratory monitoring during less invasive surfactant administration in the delivery suite	8
Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social–Emotional in a nationally representative sample	8
A systematic review on brain injury and altered brain development in moderate-late preterm infants	8
The impact of birthweight on the development of cerebral palsy: A population-based matched case-control study	8
Modeling a gross motor curve of typically developing Dutch infants from 3.5 to 15.5 months based on the Alberta Infant Motor Scale	8
The interaction between diabetes and climate change – A review on the dual global phenomena	8
Aortic intima-media thickness in neonates exposed to early-onset preeclampsia	8
Radiographic digit ratios (2D:4D) of Afro-Caribbean children: Comparisons with published data from white children	8
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on developmental care practices for infants born preterm	8
Cognitive achievements in school-age children born following assisted reproductive technology treatments: A prospective study	8
Somatic growth in children with congenital heart disease at 10 years of age: Risk factors and longitudinal growth	8
Nicotine replacement therapy and e-cigarettes in pregnancy and infant respiratory outcomes	7
Folic acid supplementation is associated with size at birth in the Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints (SCOPE) international prospective cohort study	7
Digit ratio (2D:4D) and its relationship to foetal and maternal sex steroids: A mini-review	7
Vulnerable child syndrome in the neonatal intensive care unit: A review and a new preventative intervention with feasibility and parental satisfaction data	7
Cardiovascular biomarkers in the evaluation of patent ductus arteriosus in very preterm neonates: A cohort study	7
Improving executive, behavioural and socio-emotional competences in very preterm young adolescents through a mindfulness-based intervention: Study protocol and feasibility	7
Inter-observer reliability using the General Movement Assessment is influenced by rater experience	7
New strategies for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)	7
Effectiveness of a home-based early cognitive-motor intervention provided in daycare, home care, and foster care settings: Changes in motor development and context affordances	7
Early intervention and its short-term effect on the temporal organization of fidgety movements	7
Predictive validity of a qualitative and quantitative Prechtl's General Movements Assessment at term age: Comparison between preterm infants and term infants with HIE	7
The ASQ-TRAK: Validating a culturally adapted developmental screening tool for Australian Aboriginal children	7
Determinants of neonatal near miss in Australia: A multilevel analysis	7
Heart rate characteristics monitoring and reduction in mortality or neurodevelopmental impairment in extremely low birthweight infants with sepsis	7
Executive functioning in 6 year old children exposed to chemotherapy in utero	7
Intra-uterine exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), maternal psychopathology, and neurodevelopment at age 2.5years — Results from the prospective cohort SMOK study	7
Results of a multicenter registry for congenital cytomegalovirus infection in Flanders, Belgium: From prenatal diagnosis over neonatal management to therapy	7
Voxyvi: A system for long-term audio and video acquisitions in neonatal intensive care units	7
Second-to-fourth digit ratio and facial shape in Buryats of Southern Siberia	7
Subtypes of behavioral functioning in 8–12 year old very preterm children	7
Caregiver rating of early childhood development: Reliability and validity of the ASQ-3 in rural Guatemala	7
Psychosocial interventions and support programs for fathers of NICU infants – A comprehensive review	6
Effect of early kangaroo mother care on time to full feeds in preterm infants - A prospective cohort study	6
Primary risk stratification for neonatal jaundice among term neonates using machine learning algorithm	6
Maternal alcohol and drug use during pregnancy affects the motor behaviour and general movements of infants aged 3–4 months	6
Fertility treatments and gastrointestinal morbidity of the offspring	6
Psychometric properties of the ASQ–3 in a nationally representative sample of Uruguay	6
Early feeding behaviours of extremely preterm infants predict neurodevelopmental outcomes	6
WITHDRAWN: Malta tourism losses due to second wave of COVID-19	6
The assessment of the fetal heart function using two-dimensional speckle tracking with a high frame rate	6
Growth trajectories of the human fetal brain in healthy and complicated pregnancies and associations with neurodevelopmental outcome in the early life course	6
Parents as carers on a neonatal unit: Qualitative study of parental and staff perceptions in a low-income setting	6
Language skills at corrected age 2;0 are poorer in extremely and very preterm boys but not girls compared with their full-term peers	6
Impact of low-grade intraventricular hemorrhage on neurodevelopmental outcome in very preterm infants at two years of age	6
Motor Optimality Scores are significantly lower in a population of high-risk infants than in infants born moderate-late preterm	6
The impact of choice of norms on classification of motor impairment for children born very preterm	6
Determination of normal values of optic nerve sheath diameter in newborns with bedside ultrasonography	6

Long-term neuropsychological and behavioral outcome of mild and moderate hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy	6
Maternal self-efficacy mediates the association between spousal support and stress among mothers of NICU hospitalized preterm babies	6
Cognitive and motor development in preterm children from 6 to 36 months of age: Trajectories, risk factors and predictability	6
Vitamin D and bone minerals in neonates	6
Neonatal feeding performance is related to feeding outcomes in childhood	6
WITHDRAWN: The way in which COVID-19 changed behaviour on social media in Malta	6
Validity, reliability, and transcultural adaptations of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID-III-NL) for children in Suriname	6
Paths of social-emotional development before 3 years old and child development after 5 years old: Evidence from rural China	6
Towards multimodal brain monitoring in asphyxiated newborns with amplitude-integrated EEG and simultaneous somatosensory evoked potentials	6
Randomised controlled trial of human derived breast milk fortifier versus bovine milk fortifier on body composition in very preterm babies	5
Childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes of survivors of acute bilirubin encephalopathy: A retrospective cohort study	5
Patterns of atypical muscle tone in the general infant population - Prevalence and associations with perinatal risk and neurodevelopmental status	5
PreEMPT (Preterm infant Early intervention for Movement and Participation Trial): Feasibility outcomes of a randomised controlled trial	5
COVID-19 and pregnancy: Lessons from 2020	5
NIRS as a biomarker of bowel ischaemia & surgical pathology: A meta-analysis of studies in newborns	5
Neonatal lung ultrasound: From paradox to diagnosis … and beyond	5
The effects of hand preference and sex on right-left asymmetry in dorsal digit lengths among adults and children	5
Two-year motor outcomes associated with the dose of NICU based physical therapy: The Noppi RCT	5
Implementing NIDCAP training in a low-middle-income country: Comparing nurses and physicians' attitudes	5
Trajectories of behavioral problems among moderate-late preterm children from 4 to 10 years: A prospective population-based study	5
Antenatally detected abdominal cyst: Does cyst size and nature determine postnatal symptoms and outcome?	5
Cephalocaudal progression of neonatal jaundice assessed by transcutaneous bilirubin measurements	5
Prediction of the need for phototherapy during hospital stay in preterm infants by transcutaneous bilirubinometry	5
Understanding COVID-19: A hypothesis regarding digit ratio (2D:4D), ACE I/D polymorphism, oxygen metabolism and national case fatality rates	5
Effects of continued positioning pillow use until a corrected age of six months on cranial deformation and neurodevelopment in preterm infants: A prospective case-control study	5
Carboxyhaemoglobin levels and free-radical-related diseases in prematurely born infants	5
A pilot study to assess the safety, efficacy and ease of use of a novel hearing protection device for hospitalized neonates	5
Maternal obesity and offspring's cardiovascular morbidity – Results from a population based cohort study	5
The impact of low birthweight in infant patterns of regulatory behavior, mother-infant quality of interaction, and attachment	5
Inflammatory predictors of neurobehavior in very preterm infants	5
Preeclampsia: Maternal cardiovascular function and optimising outcomes	5
Assortative mating and digit ratio (2D:4D): A pre-registered empirical study and meta-analysis	5
Anatomical deadspace during resuscitation of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia	5
The second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D): A risk factor of bladder cancer in men	5
Effects of skin-to-skin care on electrical activity of the diaphragm in preterm infants during neurally adjusted ventilatory assist	5
The role of brain territorial involvement and infection/inflammation in the long-term outcome of neonates with arterial ischemic stroke: A population-based cohort study	5
Response to therapy among neonates with gastro-esophageal reflux is associated with esophageal clearance	5
Cranial ultrasound evaluation in term neonates	5
Placental pathology as a marker of brain injury in infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy	5
Time to full enteral feeding after necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm-born children is related to neurodevelopment at 2–3 years of age	5
WITHDRAWN: COVID-19: The possible seasonal shape of things to come	5
Assessing social-emotional development in infants and toddlers using parent-reports: Comparing the ASQ-SE-NL to the Social-Emotional Scale of the Bayley-III-NL	5
Impact of diaper change frequency on preterm infants' vital sign stability and skin health: A RCT	4
Effects of Omega-3-6-9 fatty acid supplementation on behavior and sleep in preterm toddlers with autism symptomatology: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial	4
Comparison of two markers of iron sufficiency and neurodevelopmental outcomes	4
The contributions of fetal growth restriction and gestational age to developmental outcomes at 12 months of age: A cohort study	4
Early neurobehavior at 30 weeks postmenstrual age is related to outcome at term equivalent age	4
No credible evidence for links between 2D:4D and COVID-19 outcomes: A probabilistic perspective on digit ratio, ACE variants, and national case fatalities	4
RETRACTED: COVID-19 and potential global mortality - Revisited	4
The lived experiences of critically ill infants hospitalised in neonatal intensive care: A scoping review	4
WITHDRAWN: Dealing with COVID-19 in small European island states: Cyprus, Iceland and Malta	4
Effects of small for gestational age status on mortality and major morbidities in ≤750 g neonates	4
A comparison between risk-factor guidance for neonatal early-onset sepsis and Kaiser Permanente sepsis risk calculator in a Greek cohort	4
Typical general movements at 2 to 4 months: Movement complexity, fidgety movements, and their associations with risk factors and SINDA scores	4
Effects of hand preference on digit lengths and digit ratios among children and adults	4
Clinical factors associated with abnormal general movements of preterm newborns during hospitalization in a neonatal intensive care unit	4
(Mis-)understanding COVID-19 and digit ratio: Methodological and statistical issues in Manning and Fink (2020)	4
Regional pulmonary oxygen saturations immediately after birth	4
Early detection relationship of cerebral palsy markers using brain structure and general movements in infants born <32 weeks gestational age	4
Ultrasound measurements of brain structures differ between moderate-late preterm and full-term infants at term equivalent age	4
Regional cerebral and splanchnic tissue oxygen saturation in preterm infants – Longitudinal normative measurements	4
The degree of prematurity affects functional brain activity in preterm born children at school-age: An EEG study	4
Reproducibility of 24-h heart rate variability measures in preterm infants born at 28–32 weeks of gestation	4
Parental sense of competence, paternal stress and perceived construction of the relationship with the premature newborn: A mixed method study	4
Incidence of alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins in infants with unexplained severe pulmonary hypertension: The roles of clinical, pathological, and genetic testing	4
A prospective study of neurodevelopmental trends between 3 and 24 months in normocephalic infants with prenatal Zika virus exposure: Evidence of emerging communication delays in the NATZIG cohort	4
WITHDRAWN: Holidays over: a review of actual COVID-19 school outbreaks up to September 2020	4
Physical functions and gait performance in school-aged children born late preterm	4
Respiratory effects of prolonged prednisolone use in infants with evolving and established Bronchopulmonary dysplasia	4
Modern, exogenous exposures associated with altered mammary gland development: A systematic review	4
Infant massage and brain maturation measured using EEG: A randomised controlled trial	4
Prenatal exposure to maternal β-thalassemia minor and the risk for long-term hematologic morbidity in the offspring: A population-based cohort study	4
Preventing influenza and influenza like illness during Covid-19 pandemic: A call for action	4
Intensive phototherapy and oxidant-antioxidant status in infants with jaundice	4
Influence of swaddling on tactile manual learning in preterm infants	4
Fluctuating asymmetry of finger lengths, digit ratio (2D:4D), and tattoos: A pre-registered replication and extension of Koziel et al. (2010)	4
Gestational age impacts birth to placental weight ratio and umbilical cord oxygen values with implications for the fetal oxygen margin of safety	4
Validity of the vasoactive-inotropic score in preterm neonates receiving cardioactive therapies	4
A further analysis of Manning and Fink (2020)	4
Using changes in brain activity to assess pain-relief in infants: Methodological considerations with Benoit et al. (2021)	4
The sex ratio at birth, the 10/17 Las Vegas shooting and the 01/18 Hawaii false missile alert	3
Feasibility of a Dance PaRticipation intervention for Extremely prEterm children with Motor Impairment at prEschool age (Dance PREEMIE)	3
Breastfeeding duration and vagal regulation of infants and mothers	3
WITHDRAWN: COVID-19 related acute decline in paediatric admissions in Malta, a population-based study	3
Hemodynamic changes and evaluation during hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and therapeutic hypothermia	3
Decreased second to fourth digit ratios in female multiple sclerosis patients	3
Sex differences in the relationship between digit ratio (2D:4D) and national case fatality rates for COVID-19: A reply to Sahin (2020)	3
Tongue movements and teat compression during bottle feeding: A pilot study of a quantitative ultrasound approach	3
Developing a standardized approach to prenatal counseling following the diagnosis of a complex congenital heart abnormality	3
Examining early intervention referral patterns in neonatal intensive care unit follow up clinics using telemedicine during COVID-19	3
Outcomes in very preterm infants receiving an exclusive human milk diet, or their own mother's milk supplemented with preterm formula	3
Digital biomarker 2D:4D as a predictor of cancer: A systematic review	3
Visual assessment of preterm and full-term infants under the age of 12 months using the Preverbal Visual Assessment questionnaire	3
Metabolic biomarkers of small and large for gestational age newborns	3
Molding influences of prematurity: Interviews with adults born preterm	3