Neurologic Status and Intracranial Hemorrhage in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Infants

Visual–perceptual impairment in a random sample of children with cerebral palsy

“…Visual Perception in Cerebral Palsy Peter Stiers et al 377 Ornstein et al 1991, Carlsson et al 1994, Stiles et al 1997). More specifically, impaired performance on VMI has repeatedly been reported for low-birthweight children (Hack et al 1994, Stjernqvist and Svenningsen 1995, Darlow et al 1997, even in the absence of major disabilities (Jongmans et al 1996, Luoma et al 1998, Stjernqvist and Svenningsen 1999, and in children born premature with intraventricular haemorrhage (Ford et al 1989). However, in these studies VMI performance was assessed relative to chronological age.…”

Motor and cognitive outcome after specific early lesions of the brain – a systematic review

“…Cognitive outcome varied largely (Fig. ): 25% (57/231) of the infants developed intellectual disability, with a range from 0% to 100% (median 26.5%). Three studies ( n =98) described cognitive outcome for unilateral and bilateral lesions separately.…”

Grades I-II intraventricular hemorrhage in extremely low birth weight infants: Effects on neurodevelopment

“…However, others have found no difference in the neurodevelopmental outcomes of LBW and VLBW infants with grades I-II IVH compared with those with a normal cranial ultrasound. 7,21,22 The mechanism of brain injury in isolated grade I-II IVH has been postulated to result from impaired cortical development. The germinal matrix is a source of neuronal precursor cells at 10 to 20 weeks' gestation, after which it is a source of glial precursor cells that are still in a process of migration to cortical regions at about the time VLBW infants are born.…”