[Neonatal aspects and risk factors in early intervention]

Deficiency/disability in children is still a serious medical, social and human problem. A large number are related to the physiopathology of reproduction, genetics, pregnancy, delivery and the neonatal stage.

Collaboration with obstetricians during the foetal period and their responsibility for the child at birth gives neonatology an important role in these problems. During hospitalization, often prolonged in children with problems, it is possible to diagnose, treat and attend deficiencies; and in other children who have a high risk of suffering deficiency, this can be defined more exactly as to it s degree of risk of severity.

Whilst the child and his family are in hospital the deficiency or risk of deficiency may be defined, as may the social risks and anomalous family circumstances which may limit attention to children who are disabled or have a high risk of being so.