The prognostic value of cerebral ultrasound is well-known since many years whereas the importance of the early EEG in the preterm infants was debated for a long time. The main goal of this paper is to compare the prognostic value of the cerebral ultrasound and the EEG in the first year of life in a group of 81 preterm babies (weighted less than 1500 g) followed for the first year of life. Our results show that both EEG and ultrasound images are strictly associated with the neurologic outcome (with a more significant correlation for the EEG) and that abnormal EEGs and ultrasound showing ischemic lesions, but not haemorragic lesions, have the same prognostic value.
Relationship between cerebral ultrasound EEG in the neonatal period and neurological outcome in preterm VLBW / Palermo, M. G.; Arachi, S.; Di Renzi, M.; Augurusa, M.; Allemand, F.; Caravale, B.. - In: RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PEDIATRIA. - ISSN 0392-5161. - 25:5(1999), pp. 911-915.
Relationship between cerebral ultrasound EEG in the neonatal period and neurological outcome in preterm VLBW
Arachi S.;Allemand F.;Caravale B.
1999
Abstract
The prognostic value of cerebral ultrasound is well-known since many years whereas the importance of the early EEG in the preterm infants was debated for a long time. The main goal of this paper is to compare the prognostic value of the cerebral ultrasound and the EEG in the first year of life in a group of 81 preterm babies (weighted less than 1500 g) followed for the first year of life. Our results show that both EEG and ultrasound images are strictly associated with the neurologic outcome (with a more significant correlation for the EEG) and that abnormal EEGs and ultrasound showing ischemic lesions, but not haemorragic lesions, have the same prognostic value.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
