Follow-up after high-risk birth and NICU discharge — OSCE

Objectives

1. Explain in plain language what a normal two-year Bayley score does and does not mean for a child born extremely preterm. ^{[2] [9]}
2. Explain why follow-up must continue through school age, citing the late-emerging cognitive and behavioural burden. ^{[2] [9]}
3. Reassure the family about the encouraging current findings while maintaining an honest, probabilistic frame about the future. ^[2]
4. Outline the corrected-age follow-up plan and the sensory surveillance, and invite the family into shared understanding. ^{[1] [7] [11]}