TY - JOUR AU - Yang, Wang AU - Chen, Jianping AU - Shen, Wenzhi AU - Wang, Chengju AU - Wu, Zhifeng AU - Chang, Qing AU - Li, Wenzao AU - Lv, Kuilin AU - Pan, Qiuming AU - Li, Hongxia AU - Ha, Duyao AU - Zhang, Yuping PY - 2019 DA - 2019/12/30 TI - Prevalence of positional skull deformities in 530 premature infants with a corrected age of up to 6 months: a multicenter study JO - BMC Pediatrics SP - 520 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Positional deformities (PD) are common during early infancy. Severe cases may result in facial abnormalities and be associated with delayed neurological development in infants. The earlier the detection of PD, the better the intervention effect and the lower the cost of treatment. Currently, there are many studies on PD in Europe and the United States. However, in China, there is little data on the basic metrics and incidence of PD. Premature infants have a high risk of PD. However, there are few studies on PD in premature infants globally, and none in Asia. This study aimed to investigate PD and its characteristics inpremature infants to help its early detection and intervention and thus improve the quality of life for premature infants. SN - 1471-2431 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1864-1 DO - 10.1186/s12887-019-1864-1 ID - Yang2019 ER -