[Cerebral distress in full-term newborns: method of early prognosis of the quality of long-term survival].
A study on 122 full-term newborns with cerebral distress has given the basis for a mathematical model allowing to calculate the risk of poor evolution due to neurological disorders occurring in the first week of life. For each patient a score on his neurological status is established at 3 or 7 days of age. Only four essential neurological characteristics have to be considered: primary reflexes, convulsions, apathy or swallowing disorders, respiratory disorders. All possible score combinations are listed, and each of them is associated with a risk factor (in percent) for poor evolution. A long-term prognosis can therefore be obtained by simple clinical observation, making a score and consulting the list.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008433:Mathematics; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D012018:Reflex; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000175:diagnosis; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis
Détresse cérébrale du nouveau-né à terme: méthode de pronostic précoce quant à la qualité de la survie à long terme.