One baby visited a paediatrician and was admitted to the hospital 1 day later, where he stayed for 2 days.
Only diagnoses made by appropriately qualified staff (consultant psychiatrists or consultant paediatricians working in the field of neurodevelopmental disability) were accepted as valid.
Management of pregnancies continuing until term should be multi-disciplinary, involving paediatricians and neonatal surgeons.
These would include child and adolescent psychiatrists, paediatricians and some neurologists.
A specialist in an outpatient department (a paediatrician) was consulted three times (0.5 % of 646).
The children were examined routinely by a paediatrician at least once a week and all medical details were recorded.
For many years, paediatricians have striven to identify factors at birth predictive of long-term outcome.
Be that as it may, however logically argued, this conclusion is counter-intuitive for most people, especially paediatricians.