Early and late cranial ultrasonographic appearances and outcome in very low birthweight infants.

Archives of disease in childhood ·Vol. 62 ·No. 9 ·1987-09-00 ·Pages 931-7

Cooke RW

Abstract

Of 798 very low birthweight infants admitted to a regional neonatal intensive care unit over a five year period, 547 were discharged home and 524 available for follow up at two to five years later. Eighty-seven infants had a major impairment. Both early and late cerebral ultrasonographic appearances gave useful prognostic information, but the presence of cystic lesions, particularly if bilateral, was highly significant. There was a close correlation between late parenchymal lesions and previous ipsilateral intraventricular haemorrhage, suggesting a causal relation.

MeSH Terms

Brain/pathology Brain Diseases/complications,diagnosis,pathology Cerebral Hemorrhage/complications,diagnosis Cerebral Palsy/etiology,pathology Child, Preschool Developmental Disabilities/etiology,pathology Follow-Up Studies Humans Infant Infant, Low Birth Weight Infant, Newborn Prognosis Ultrasonography

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Cooke R W

Department of Child Health, University of Liverpool.

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Article Info

Journal

Archives of disease in childhood

Abbr.

Arch Dis Child

ISSN

1468-2044

DOI

10.1136/adc.62.9.931

Published

1987-09-00

Pages

931-7

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0372434

PMCID

PMC1778589

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1136/adc.62.9.931 PMC Full Text View journal details

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