Neuropsychological alterations in to low birth weight (LBW) and very low birth weight (VLBW) middle and late childhood children in Mexico

Abstract

Objective: Some studies have shown that the cognitive development of preterm children is normal, and others report that there is a relationship between prematurity, LBW and cognitive disorders, we reviewed several information to elucidate these contradictions in Mexican population. Material and Methods: The information was obtained in specialized web sites and it was filtered in order to have the most representative data. Results:The National Population Council in Mexico reports that in 2015 there were around 121005815 habitants in Mexico, with 2,241,366 births, and around 187,602 to 336,2015 children with LBW or prematurity with an increased risk of neuropsychological alterations as well as several disturbances in learning process, memory, behavior, memory, calculus and executive functions in middle and late childhood children. There were 442,000 references of children with LBW, and around 160,000 of neurocognitive functions and around 1,510,000 of Neuropsychological subjects, of which only 579 references were consulted, and only 65 were used. There was no Mexican data. Conclusions:Some authors found several skills disturbances in academic performance, reading, writing, arithmetic, language, attention, perception, construction, planning, fluency and flexibility. There are also several behavior, neurologic and psychiatric alterations, secondary to prematurity and LBW in middle and late childhood children, while other authors differ. So, there is still a lot of controversy so further investigation is required. Other languages different from Spanish are learned by the brain by several ways, so some of these studies do not apply in Mexican population.