Routine Magnetic Resonance Imaging at Term-Equivalent Age Detects Brain Injury in 25% of a Contemporary Cohort of Very Preterm Infants.
Vera NeubauerTanja DjurdjevicElke GriesmaierMarlene BiermayrElke Ruth GizewskiUrsula Kiechl-KohlendorferPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Cerebral MRI at term-equivalent age, as addition to cranial ultrasound, detected brain injury in 25% of preterm survivors. The diagnosis of IVH was already made by neonatal ultrasound in most cases. In contrast, only a minority of the CBH and none of the non-cystic WMD have been detected prior to MRI. Decreasing gestational age and neonatal complications involved with immaturity have been identified as risk factors for CBH, whereas WMD was found in relatively mature infants with circulatory disturbances.
Keyphrases
- brain injury
- gestational age
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- preterm infants
- birth weight
- preterm birth
- low birth weight
- cerebral ischemia
- diffusion weighted imaging
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- risk factors
- clinical practice
- young adults
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- ultrasound guided
- body mass index
- physical activity
- blood brain barrier