Early cranial ultrasound findings among infants with neonatal encephalopathy in Uganda: an observational study.
Cally J TannMargaret NakakeetoCornelia HagmannEmily L WebbNatasha NyombiFlaviah NamiiroKelly Harvey-JonesAnita MuhumuzaKathy BurgoineAlison M ElliottJennifer J KurinczukNicola J RobertsonFrances M CowanPublished in: Pediatric research (2016)
In this low-resource setting, there was no evidence of established antepartum insult, but a high proportion of encephalopathic infants had evidence of major recent and evolving brain injury on early cUS imaging, suggesting prolonged or severe acute exposure to hypoxia-ischemia (HI). Early abnormalities were a significant predictor of death.