Cranial Ultrasound Lesions in the NICU Predict Cerebral Palsy at Age 2 Years in Children Born at Extremely Low Gestational Age
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2009-01
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Kuban, Karl C. K.
Allred, Elizabeth N.
O'Shea, T. Michael
Paneth, Nigel
Pagano, Marcello
Dammann, Olaf
Leviton, Alan
Plessis, Adre Du
Westra, Sjirk J.
Miller, Cindy R.
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East Carolina University
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Our prospective cohort study of extremely low gestational age newborns evaluated the association of neonatal head ultrasound abnormalities with cerebral palsy at age 2 years. Cranial ultrasounds in 1053 infants were read with respect to intraventricular hemorrhage, ventriculomegaly, and echolucency, by multiple sonologists. Standardized neurological examinations classified cerebral palsy, and functional impairment was assessed. Forty-four percent with ventriculomegaly and 52% with echolucency developed cerebral palsy. Compared with no ultrasound abnormalities, children with echolucency were 24 times more likely to have quadriparesis and 29 times more likely to have hemiparesis. Children with ventriculomegaly were 17 times more likely to have quadriparesis or hemiparesis. Forty-three percent of children with cerebral palsy had normal head ultrasound. Focal white matter damage (echolucency) and diffuse damage (late ventriculomegaly) are associated with a high probability of cerebral palsy, especially quadriparesis. Nearly half the cerebral palsy identified at 2 years is not preceded by a neonatal brain ultrasound abnormality. Originally published Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 24, No. 1, Jan 2009
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Journal of Child Neurology; 24:1 p. 63-72
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10.1177/0883073808321048