Relationship Between Neonatal Brain Injury and Objective Measures of Head Trauma: A Case-Control Study.

Mary DunbarAbbey NorrisBrandon T CraigKathleen ChaputKhorshid MohammadLauran ColeMichael J EsserAaron CaugheyHelen L Carlson Adam Kirton

Published in: Neurology (2023)

"Birth trauma" quantified by scalp swelling volume was more common in infants with difficult deliveries but not associated with greater odds of brain injury due to hypoxia or stroke. These results may help parents and practitioners to dissociate the appearance of trauma with the risk of brain injury.

Keyphrases

brain injury
subarachnoid hemorrhage
cerebral ischemia
trauma patients
endothelial cells
gestational age
preterm birth