Community Based Pre-School Screening to Detect Developmental, Behavioural, Hearing and Vision Problems in Survivors of Neonatal Cardiac Surgery.

Key Points

• To assess the effectiveness of preschool screening in identifying problems in children who survived neonatal cardiac surgery.
• Conducted community-based preschool screening using PEDS and B4SC instruments.
• Screened for developmental, behavioral, hearing, and vision issues in NCS children.
• Analyzed rates of abnormal results from screenings.
• Identified higher rates of abnormal scores in developmental, hearing, and vision screenings in NCS children.
• Highlighted the utility of B4SC in pinpointing at-risk children for potential intervention.

Abstract