[Development of neonates at risk]. / Dalsí vývoj rizikových novorozencu.

From a group of 2542 children followed up for a prolonged period the authors selected several groups of risk neonates and compared their subsequent development with that of a control group from the same cohort. In the selected risk groups the authors evaluated anamnestic data of the mothers, somatic and neuropsychic development of the children. They compared also the psychomotor development of the children in the first years of life, their school attendance and progress, mean values of IQ and various mental deviations, as compared with children of the control group. By comparison with the incidence of analogous disorders the authors wanted to assess the ratic risks from early stages in later developmental disorders.

[Minimal brain dysfunction in a population sample of children monitored on a long-term basis]. / Lehká mozková dysfunkce v populacním vzorku dlouhodobe sledovaných detí.

A group of 66 14-year old children with mild cerebral dysfunction were examined within the framework of long-term follow up of children at risk. The group was formed mostly by boys. It was revealed that the families of these children are not significantly more frequently incomplete or dysfunctional, the number of children in the family is within the normal range. The progress in school of these children is poorer than could be expected with regard to their abilities although their intelligence is somewhat reduced, in particular as regards the percentage of above-average children. The symptoms of the disorder and secondary complications were consistent with theoretical assumptions. In children mild cerebral dysfunction secondary complications such as neurotic complaints and behavioural disorders develop more frequently. The time when mild cerebral dysfunction was detected and the dynamics of the development of the disorder were very variable and comprised the entire period of school attendance.

Ekwall's method in social medicine.

The application of Ekwall's method is of considerable importance not only in medicine but also in social sciences and in all sciences concerned with man where qualitative information is used. The authors developed their own variant of Ekwall's method and used it for the evaluation of results of a survey concerned with children at risk. After an explanation of the essence of the method and principles of its application, the authors explain the variant for possible use in social medicine. An important contribution of this procedure is above all the possibility to evaluate the individual comprehensively according to defined signs and to assess accurately the distribution and also the order of comprehensively evaluated individuals of the investigated group.