PEDIATRICS Vol. 104 No. 5 November 1999, pp. 1169-1170
Developmental Care Does Not Alter Sleep and Development of Premature Infants
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To the Editor.
We read with interest the study by Ariagno et al1 reporting the sleep-wake patterns and neurodevelopmental outcomes of very low birth weight infants cared for by the Neonatal Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP). This report is a follow-up to the original randomized, controlled trial conducted by Fleischer et al2 where the APIB scores at 42 weeks postconceptional age have already been reported, and are reiterated in Table 5 of the article.
In the article by Ariagno et al,1 there is a significant




