Postpartum perfusion of the preterm brain: relationship to neurodevelopmental outcome.
Bayley developmental assessments were performed at 12 months corrected age on 11 preterm infants, all of whom had undergone 133-Xenon cerebral blood flow measurements (CBF) on the 1st day of life and neonatal computerized tomography scans for the detection of intraventricular hemorrhage. The Bayley mental index was found to vary as a quadratic function of CBF to the left hemisphere, with moderate CBF values associated with more favorable outcomes than either low or high CBF values.
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000098:blood supply*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes