Guideline for Growth, Health and Developmental Follow-up for Children Born Very Preterm
Clinical Practice Guideline Now Available:
Guideline for Growth, Health and Developmental Follow-up for Children Born Very Preterm
The Centre of Research Excellence in Newborn Medicine, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute is pleased to present the Guideline for Growth, Health and Developmental Follow-up for Children Born Very Preterm.
The Guideline for Growth, Health and Developmental Follow-up for Children Born Very Preterm presents the best current scientific evidence to assist decision making for the provision of follow-up services to infants born very preterm in Australia.
This clinical practice guideline was developed by the Centre of Research Excellence in Newborn Medicine, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Affiliation organisations include The University of Melbourne, Monash University, La Trobe University, The Royal Women’s Hospital and Life’s Little Treasures Foundation.
The Centre of Research Excellence in Newborn Medicine would like to thank all of the professionals, people with lived experience and members of the public that contributed to this guideline.
The guideline recommendations were approved by the Chief Executive Officer of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) on 18 April 2024 under section 14A of the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992. In approving the guideline recommendations, NHMRC considers that they meet the NHMRC standard for clinical practice guidelines. This approval is valid for a period of five years.
NHMRC is satisfied that the guideline recommendations are systematically derived, based on the identification and synthesis of the best available scientific evidence, and developed for health professionals practising in an Australian health care setting.
This publication reflects the views of the authors and not necessarily the views of the Australian Government.
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