Confidence in the prediction of neurodevelopmental outcome by cranial ultrasound and MRI in preterm infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nongena, Phumza ^a,b   Ederies, Ash ^a,b   Azzopardi, Denis V ^a,b   Edwards, A David ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; COGNITION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGING SYSTEM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN INJURIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 78349310218     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.168997     Document Type: Editorial

References (23)

1. Tucker J, McGuire W. Epidemiology of preterm birth. BMJ 2004;329:675-8.
2. Hamilton BE, Miniño AM, Martin JA, et al. Annual summary of vital statistics: 2005. Pediatrics 2007;119:345-60.
3. Horsch S, Skiöld B, Hallberg B, et al. Cranial ultrasound and MRI at term age in extremely preterm infants. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2010;95:F310-14.
4. Zamora J, Abraira V, Muriel A, et al. Meta-DiSc: a software for meta-analysis of test accuracy data. BMC Med Res Methodol 2006;6:31.
5. Larroque B, Ancel PY, Marret S, et al.; EPIPAGE Study group. Neurodevelopmental disabilities and special care of 5-year-old children born before 33 weeks of gestation (the EPIPAGE study): a longitudinal cohort study. Lancet 2008;371:813-20.
6. Papile LA, Burstein J, Burstein R, et al. Incidence and evolution of subependymal and intraventricular hemorrhage: a study of infants with birth weights less than 1,500 gm. J Pediatr 1978;92:529-34.
7. Volpe J. Neurology of the Newborn. Fourth edition. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders 2001.
8. De Vries LS, Van Haastert IL, Rademaker KJ, et al. Ultrasound abnormalities preceding cerebral palsy in high-risk preterm infants. J Pediatr 2004;144:815-20.
9. Ancel PY, Livinec F, Larroque B, et al.; EPIPAGE Study Group. Cerebral palsy among very preterm children in relation to gestational age and neonatal ultrasound abnormalities: the EPIPAGE cohort study. Pediatrics 2006;117:828-35.
10. Stewart AL, Thorburn RJ, Hope PL, et al. Ultrasound appearance of the brain in very preterm infants and neurodevelopmental outcome at 18 months of age. Arch Dis Child 1983;58:598-604.
11. Adams-Chapman I, Hansen NI, Stoll BJ, et al.; NICHD Research Network. Neurodevelopmental outcome of extremely low birth weight infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus requiring shunt insertion. Pediatrics 2008;121:e1167-77.
12. Kuban KC, Allred EN, O'Shea TM, et al.; ELGAN study investigators. Cranial ultrasound lesions in the NICU predict cerebral palsy at age 2 years in children born at extremely low gestational age. J Child Neurol 2009;24:63-72.
13. O'Shea TM, Kuban KC, Allred EN, et al.; Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns Study Investigators. Neonatal cranial ultrasound lesions and developmental delays at 2 years of age among extremely low gestational age children. Pediatrics 2008;122:e662-9.
14. Patra K, Wilson-Costello D, Taylor HG, et al. Grades I-II intraventricular hemorrhage in extremely low birth weight infants: effects on neurodevelopment. J Pediatr 2006;149:169-73.
15. Stewart AL, Reynolds EO, Hope PL, et al. Probability of neurodevelopmental disorders estimated from ultrasound appearance of brains of very preterm infants. Dev Med Child Neurol 1987;29:3-11.
16. International PHVD Drug Trial Group. International randomised controlled trial of acetazolamide and furosemide in post haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation in infancy. Lancet 1998;352:433-40.
17. Whitelaw A, Jary S, Kmita G, et al. Randomized trial of drainage, irrigation and fibrinolytic therapy for premature infants with posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation: developmental outcome at 2 years. Pediatrics 2010;125:e852-8.
18. Ventriculomegaly Trial Group. Randomised trial of early tapping in neonatal posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilation. Arch Dis Child 1990;65:3-10.
19. De Vries LS, Groenendaal F, van Haastert IC, et al. Asymmetrical myelination of the posterior limb of the internal capsule in infants with periventricular haemorrhagic infarction: an early predictor of hemiplegia. Neuropediatrics 1999;30:314-19.
20. Roelants-van Rijn AM, Groenendaal F, Beek FJ, et al. Parenchymal brain injury in the preterm infant: comparison of cranial ultrasound, MRI and neurodevelopmental outcome. Neuropediatrics 2001;32:80-9.
21. Woodward LJ, Anderson PJ, Austin NC, et al. Neonatal MRI to predict neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants. N Engl J Med 2006;355:685-94.
22. Mirmiran M, Barnes PD, Keller K, et al. Neonatal brain magnetic resonance imaging before discharge is better than serial cranial ultrasound in predicting cerebral palsy in very low birth weight preterm infants. Pediatrics 2004;114:992-8.
23. Miller SP, Ferriero DM, Leonard C, et al. Early brain injury in premature newborns detected with magnetic resonance imaging is associated with adverse early neurodevelopmental outcome. J Pediatr 2005;147:609-16.