Cranial ultrasound and clinical studies in preterm infants

Graziani, Leonard J.; Pasto, Matthew E.; Stanley, Christian; Steben, J. D.; Desai, Hemant; Desai, Shobhana; Foy, Pamela; Branca, Paul A.; Goldberg, Barry B.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(85)80304-8

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“…Grazing & Stainley 24 showed that ultrasound abnormalities were more strongly associated with delayed psychomotor development and the findings of ventriculomegaly and the diagnosis of periventricular hemorrhage were associated with more modest increased risk at 2 years of age.…”

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Cranial Ultrasound in Preterm Neonates: Screening of at Risk Infants for Long Term Neurodevelopmental Impairments

Islam

Hossain

et al. 2016

J Enam Med Col

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Background: Preterm birth is associated with variable degree of brain injury and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. Therefore, screening of these infants is required to assess further neurodevelopmental abnormalities. Cranial ultrasound finding has been a predictor of outcome in this population.Objective: The present study was carried out to find cranial ultrasound abnormalities in preterm neonates to aid in screening at risk infants for long term neurodevelopmenal impairment.Materials and Methods: This observational study was conducted in Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital from October 2011 to March 2012. Total 103 preterm neonates who met the inclusion criteria were enrolled in the study. The neonates underwent cranial ultrasound (cUS) scan just after admission and before discharge for screening at risk infants.Results: Total 103 neonates were enrolled with mean age of 7.67 days in neonates with normal cUS findings and 7.23 days in neonates with abnormal cUS findings. Mean gestational age was 31.94 weeks in neonates with normal cUS and 31.85 weeks in neonates with abnormal cUS findings with mean weight 1.83 and 1.81 kg respectively. Among the neonates, 64 (62.1%) were males and 39 (37.9%) were females. Before discharge, out of 103 preterm neonates, 56 (54.3%) had normal cUS and 47 (45.7%) had abnormal cUS findings of which 22 (21.4%) had cerebral edema, 17 (16.5%) IVH and 8 (7.8%) had ventricular dilatation.Conclusion: Routine cranial ultrasound scanning of preterm neonates may aid in identifying at risk infants for long term neurodevelopmental impairments.J Enam Med Col 2016; 6(1): 28-32

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Cranial Ultrasound in Preterm Neonates: Screening of at Risk Infants for Long Term Neurodevelopmental Impairments

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Hossain

et al. 2016

J Enam Med Col

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“…The bicaudate index and the Huckman number relate the size of the frontal horn to the intercaudate distance as a ratio and a number, respectively [7, 8]. Ventricular index refers to the maximum distance of the frontal horn from the falx [9]. All these indices are a measure of the size of the frontal horn.…”

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Frontal and Occipital Horn Width Ratio for the Evaluation of Small and Asymmetrical Ventricles

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The aim of this study was the introduction of a new linear ventricular measurement which has a better correlation with ventricular volume than the commonly used linear measurements, especially in chronically shunted patients with small and/or asymmetrical ventricles. Ventricular volume, brain volume, Evans ratio, Schierman index, cella media index and frontal and occipital horn ratio were measured from CT scans of 57 shunted hydrocephalic patients and 20 normal control children. Four groups of patients were identified with regards to the ventricular size and symmetry (small, large, symmetrical and asymmetrical). A new linear measurement was defined as half of the ratio of the frontal and occipital ventricular width to that of the skull (frontal and occipital horn width ratio; FOHWR) and compared to other linear measurements in different patient groups. FOHWR showed better correlation with ventricular size and ventricular brain ratio than the ventricular linear measurements currently in use, especially in chronically shunted patients with small and/or asymmetrical ventricles.

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“…Ultrasound severity was not associated with the development of eating disorder symptomatology during adolescence. Although the ultrasound technology used then is outdated, the examinations were repeated several times during the NICU stay as part of an NIH-funded neurosonographic study (Graziani et al, 1985(Graziani et al, , 1986Graziani, Spitzer, et al, 1992).…”

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“…The results of the original study were published (Graziani et al, 1985(Graziani et al, , 1986Graziani, Spitzer, et al, 1992). Two members of the original cohort subsequently died, one male at age 14 years from a drive-by shooting and one female at age 2 years from smoke inhalation.…”

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Eating disorder symptomatology is not associated with pregnancy and perinatal complications in a cohort of adolescents who were born preterm

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Sheir-Neiss

Melnychuk

et al. 2002

Intl J Eating Disorders

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Cranial ultrasound and clinical studies in preterm infants

Cited by 33 publications

References 24 publications

Cranial Ultrasound in Preterm Neonates: Screening of at Risk Infants for Long Term Neurodevelopmental Impairments

Cranial Ultrasound in Preterm Neonates: Screening of at Risk Infants for Long Term Neurodevelopmental Impairments

Frontal and Occipital Horn Width Ratio for the Evaluation of Small and Asymmetrical Ventricles

Eating disorder symptomatology is not associated with pregnancy and perinatal complications in a cohort of adolescents who were born preterm

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