title: Early and late cranial ultrasonographic appearances and outcome in very low birthweight infants.
abstract: Of 798 very low birthweight infants admitted to a regional neonatal intensive care unit over a five year period, 547 were discharged home and 524 available for follow up at two to five years later. Eighty-seven infants had a major impairment. Both early and late cerebral ultrasonographic appearances gave useful prognostic information, but the presence of cystic lesions, particularly if bilateral, was highly significant. There was a close correlation between late parenchymal lesions and previous ipsilateral intraventricular haemorrhage, suggesting a causal relation.
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011379:Prognosis; D014463:Ultrasonography