Early Human Development

Article	Citations
An overview of adult health outcomes after preterm birth	114
Depression during pregnancy and the risk of low birth weight, preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction- an updated meta-analysis	67
Maternal influences on fetal brain development: The role of nutrition, infection and stress, and the potential for intergenerational consequences	65
Infant feeding initiation practices in the context of COVID-19 lockdown	43
The effect of global warming on mortality	42
Promoting infant mental health in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU): A review of nurturing factors and interventions for NICU infant-parent relationships	35
Neurodevelopmental outcomes in very preterm infants: The role of severity of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia	34
WITHDRAWN: Vaccine hesitancy in the University of Malta Faculties of Health Sciences, Dentistry and Medicine vis-à-vis influenza and novel COVID-19 vaccination	33
Family Integrated Care (FICare): Positive impact on behavioural outcomes at 18 months	32
Childbirth related PTSD and its association with infant outcome: A systematic review	31
WITHDRAWN: Vaccine hesitancy in Maltese family physicians and their trainees vis-à-vis influenza and novel COVID-19 vaccination	29
Movements and posture in infants born extremely preterm in comparison to term-born controls	26
Neurological disorders vis-à-vis climate change	25
Prenatal distress, access to services, and birth outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a longitudinal study	25
Maternal-fetal attachment and perceived parental bonds of pregnant women	23
Neurodevelopment in infants with antenatal or early neonatal exposure to SARS-CoV-2	23
Gestational diabetes, environmental temperature and climate factors – From epidemiological evidence to physiological mechanisms	21
Paternal programming of offspring health	21
Implementing a standardized screening protocol for parental depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit	21
Interstitial lung disease in infancy	21
Pharmaceuticals and the environment	19
Antenatal maternal anxiety, maternal sensitivity and toddlers' behavioral problems: An investigation of possible pathways	18
Digit ratio (2D:4D) and its relationship to foetal and maternal sex steroids: A mini-review	18
How babies learn: The autonomic socioemotional reflex	17
Alberta Infant Motor Scale: Cross-cultural analysis of gross motor development in Dutch and Canadian infants and introduction of Dutch norms	17

Prenatal opioid exposure – Increasing evidence of harm	17
WITHDRAWN: To wear or not to wear? Adherence to face mask use during the COVID-19 and Spanish influenza pandemics	15
Diagnostic value of fecal calprotectin in necrotizing enterocolitis: A meta-analysis	15
Parent mental health and neurodevelopmental outcomes of children hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit	15
Effect of early kangaroo mother care on time to full feeds in preterm infants - A prospective cohort study	15
Socio-demographic factors related to parent engagement in the NICU and the impact of the SENSE program	15
The influence of breastfeeding on cortical and bio-behavioural indicators of procedural pain in newborns: Findings of a randomized controlled trial	14
The stability of the Bayley scales in early childhood and its relationship with future intellectual abilities in a low to middle income country	14
WITHDRAWN: COVID-19, its novel vaccination and fake news – What a brew	14
Associations between maternal technology use, perceptions of infant temperament, and indicators of mother-to-infant attachment quality	14
‘Postnatal growth during the first five years of life in SGA and AGA neonates with reduced fetal growth’	13
New strategies for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)	13
The 2016 presidential election and periviable births among Latina women	13
Neonatal pain, thalamic development and sensory processing behaviour in children born very preterm	13
Gross motor development of Thai healthy full-term infants aged from birth to 14 months using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale: Inter individual variability	13
The clinical burden of extremely preterm birth in a large medical records database in the United States: Mortality and survival associated with selected complications	13
Supporting Play, Exploration, and Early Development Intervention (SPEEDI) for preterm infants: A feasibility randomised controlled trial in an Australian context	13
Early life factors and COVID-19 infection in England: A prospective analysis of UK Biobank participants	13
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on developmental care practices for infants born preterm	13
Enhancing breastfeeding establishment in preterm infants: A randomized clinical trial of two non-nutritive sucking approaches	13
Behavioral problems in very preterm children at five years of age using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A multicenter cohort study	12
Infant DNA methylation: an early indicator of intergenerational trauma?	12
Effects of maternal mental health on fetal visual preference for face-like compared to non-face like light stimulation	12
Social support buffers the effects of maternal prenatal stress on infants' unpredictability	12
Vulnerable child syndrome in the neonatal intensive care unit: A review and a new preventative intervention with feasibility and parental satisfaction data	12
Early extubation is associated with shorter duration of mechanical ventilation and lower incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia	12
Successful breastfeeding among women with intention to breastfeed: From physiology to socio-cultural factors	12
The Infant Behavior Questionnaire – Revised: psychometric properties at 2 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months of life	12
Long-term neuropsychological and behavioral outcome of mild and moderate hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy	11
New born pulse oximetry screening: A global perspective	11
COVID-19 and developmental origins of health and disease	11
Paths of social-emotional development before 3 years old and child development after 5 years old: Evidence from rural China	11
The interaction between diabetes and climate change – A review on the dual global phenomena	11
Prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder in mothers of preterm infants using trauma-focused group therapy: Manual development and evaluation	11
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	11
Automation of oxygen titration in preterm infants: Current evidence and future challenges	11
Changes in mortality rates among extremely preterm infants born before 25 weeks' gestation: Comparison between the 2005 and 2010 nationwide surveys in Japan	11
Association between the 2d:4d and cardiovascular risk factors: Body mass index, blood pressure and body fat	11
Fetal bladder outflow obstruction: Interventions, outcomes and management uncertainties	11
Preterm infant heart rate is lowered after Family Nurture Intervention in the NICU: Evidence in support of autonomic conditioning	11
Echocardiographic measures of ventricular-vascular interactions in congenital diaphragmatic hernia	10
Primary risk stratification for neonatal jaundice among term neonates using machine learning algorithm	10
Inter-observer reliability using the General Movement Assessment is influenced by rater experience	10
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	9
Heart rate characteristics monitoring and reduction in mortality or neurodevelopmental impairment in extremely low birthweight infants with sepsis	9
Executive functioning in 6 year old children exposed to chemotherapy in utero	9
The ASQ-TRAK: Validating a culturally adapted developmental screening tool for Australian Aboriginal children	9
The quality of general movements in infants with complex congenital heart disease undergoing surgery in the neonatal period	9
Early feeding behaviours of extremely preterm infants predict neurodevelopmental outcomes	9
Improving executive, behavioural and socio-emotional competences in very preterm young adolescents through a mindfulness-based intervention: Study protocol and feasibility	9

Caregiver rating of early childhood development: Reliability and validity of the ASQ-3 in rural Guatemala	9
Growth trajectories of the human fetal brain in healthy and complicated pregnancies and associations with neurodevelopmental outcome in the early life course	9
Outcomes following less-invasive-surfactant-administration in the delivery-room	9
Validity, reliability, and transcultural adaptations of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID-III-NL) for children in Suriname	9
Early receptive and expressive lexicons and language and pre-literacy skills at 5;0 years – A longitudinal study	9
The impact of birthweight on the development of cerebral palsy: A population-based matched case-control study	9
A breastfeeding support program changed breastfeeding patterns but did not affect the mothers' self-efficacy in breastfeeding at two months	9
Psychosocial interventions and support programs for fathers of NICU infants – A comprehensive review	9
Parental sense of competence, paternal stress and perceived construction of the relationship with the premature newborn: A mixed method study	9
Neurodevelopmental outcome in children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection: A prospective multicenter cohort study	9
Early intervention and its short-term effect on the temporal organization of fidgety movements	9
Cognitive achievements in school-age children born following assisted reproductive technology treatments: A prospective study	9
Modeling a gross motor curve of typically developing Dutch infants from 3.5 to 15.5 months based on the Alberta Infant Motor Scale	9
Difficulties in developmental follow-up of preterm neonates in a randomised-controlled trial of Bifidobacterium breve M16-V — Experience from Western Australia	9
Prenatal exposure to mixtures of persistent endocrine disrupting chemicals and postnatal body size in British girls	9
Aortic intima-media thickness in neonates exposed to early-onset preeclampsia	8
The assessment of the fetal heart function using two-dimensional speckle tracking with a high frame rate	8
Neonatal feeding performance is related to feeding outcomes in childhood	8
The future of Cochrane Neonatal	8
Somatic growth in children with congenital heart disease at 10 years of age: Risk factors and longitudinal growth	8
Determinants of neonatal near miss in Australia: A multilevel analysis	8
Cognitive and motor development in preterm children from 6 to 36 months of age: Trajectories, risk factors and predictability	8
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	8
Predictive validity of a qualitative and quantitative Prechtl's General Movements Assessment at term age: Comparison between preterm infants and term infants with HIE	8
PreEMPT (Preterm infant Early intervention for Movement and Participation Trial): Feasibility outcomes of a randomised controlled trial	8
Respiratory monitoring during less invasive surfactant administration in the delivery suite	8
Impact of low-grade intraventricular hemorrhage on neurodevelopmental outcome in very preterm infants at two years of age	8
Psychometric properties of the ASQ–3 in a nationally representative sample of Uruguay	8
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	8
NIRS as a biomarker of bowel ischaemia & surgical pathology: A meta-analysis of studies in newborns	7
Impact of diaper change frequency on preterm infants' vital sign stability and skin health: A RCT	7
Voxyvi: A system for long-term audio and video acquisitions in neonatal intensive care units	7
Regional cerebral and splanchnic tissue oxygen saturation in preterm infants – Longitudinal normative measurements	7
Early detection relationship of cerebral palsy markers using brain structure and general movements in infants born <32 weeks gestational age	7
Nicotine replacement therapy and e-cigarettes in pregnancy and infant respiratory outcomes	7
Results of a multicenter registry for congenital cytomegalovirus infection in Flanders, Belgium: From prenatal diagnosis over neonatal management to therapy	7
Clinical factors associated with abnormal general movements of preterm newborns during hospitalization in a neonatal intensive care unit	7
Towards multimodal brain monitoring in asphyxiated newborns with amplitude-integrated EEG and simultaneous somatosensory evoked potentials	7
Patterns of atypical muscle tone in the general infant population - Prevalence and associations with perinatal risk and neurodevelopmental status	7
Randomised controlled trial of human derived breast milk fortifier versus bovine milk fortifier on body composition in very preterm babies	7
A pilot study to assess the safety, efficacy and ease of use of a novel hearing protection device for hospitalized neonates	7
Digital biomarker 2D:4D as a predictor of cancer: A systematic review	7
Carboxyhaemoglobin levels and free-radical-related diseases in prematurely born infants	6
Two-year motor outcomes associated with the dose of NICU based physical therapy: The Noppi RCT	6
Neonatal lung ultrasound: From paradox to diagnosis … and beyond	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
WITHDRAWN: The way in which COVID-19 changed behaviour on social media in Malta	6
Placental pathology as a marker of brain injury in infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy	6
The lived experiences of critically ill infants hospitalised in neonatal intensive care: A scoping review	6
Preeclampsia: Maternal cardiovascular function and optimising outcomes	6
Effect of morphine on cerebral activity of extremely premature infants	6
Childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes of survivors of acute bilirubin encephalopathy: A retrospective cohort study	6
Vitamin D and bone minerals in neonates	6
The effects of hand preference and sex on right-left asymmetry in dorsal digit lengths among adults and children	6
Outcomes in very preterm infants receiving an exclusive human milk diet, or their own mother's milk supplemented with preterm formula	6
Understanding COVID-19: A hypothesis regarding digit ratio (2D:4D), ACE I/D polymorphism, oxygen metabolism and national case fatality rates	6
Gestational age impacts birth to placental weight ratio and umbilical cord oxygen values with implications for the fetal oxygen margin of safety	6
COVID-19 and pregnancy: Lessons from 2020	6
Maternal alcohol and drug use during pregnancy affects the motor behaviour and general movements of infants aged 3–4 months	6
Decreased ventricular size and mass mediate the reduced exercise capacity in adolescents and adults born premature	6
Motor Optimality Scores are significantly lower in a population of high-risk infants than in infants born moderate-late preterm	6
Infant massage and brain maturation measured using EEG: A randomised controlled trial	6
Physical functions and gait performance in school-aged children born late preterm	5
Hemodynamic changes and evaluation during hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and therapeutic hypothermia	5
Ultrasound measurements of brain structures differ between moderate-late preterm and full-term infants at term equivalent age	5
Preventing influenza and influenza like illness during Covid-19 pandemic: A call for action	5
Response to therapy among neonates with gastro-esophageal reflux is associated with esophageal clearance	5
Maternal obesity and offspring's cardiovascular morbidity – Results from a population based cohort study	5
Use of the Newborn Behavioral Observations System as an early intervention for infants and their parents: A scoping review	5
Self-regulation task in young school age children born preterm: Correlation with early academic achievement	5
Effects of hand preference on digit lengths and digit ratios among children and adults	5
Incubator humidity and temperature control in infants born at 22–23 weeks' gestation	5
Comparison of two markers of iron sufficiency and neurodevelopmental outcomes	5
Modern, exogenous exposures associated with altered mammary gland development: A systematic review	5
Effects of skin-to-skin care on electrical activity of the diaphragm in preterm infants during neurally adjusted ventilatory assist	5
Influence of swaddling on tactile manual learning in preterm infants	5
Feeding intolerance	5
Erythropoietin is not a risk factor for severe retinopathy of prematurity among high risk preterm infants	5
Validity of the vasoactive-inotropic score in preterm neonates receiving cardioactive therapies	5
Cephalocaudal progression of neonatal jaundice assessed by transcutaneous bilirubin measurements	5

The impact of low birthweight in infant patterns of regulatory behavior, mother-infant quality of interaction, and attachment	5
Intensive phototherapy and oxidant-antioxidant status in infants with jaundice	5
WITHDRAWN: COVID-19: The possible seasonal shape of things to come	5
Parent-infant interaction in the NICU: Challenges in measurement	5
The second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D): A risk factor of bladder cancer in men	5
Assortative mating and digit ratio (2D:4D): A pre-registered empirical study and meta-analysis	5
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	5
Toddler motor performance and intelligence at school age in preterm born children: A longitudinal cohort study	5