[The relationship of a neonatal care center, a pediatric neurology division and a rehabilitation center for disabled children].
We investigated the relationship of the infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Anjo Kosei Hospital, the outpatients of the pediatric neurology division of the same hospital and the patients in Daini-Aoitori Gakuen, Aichi prefectural hospital and Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children. Eighty-six infants (2.9%) disclosed perinatal brain injury, and seventy infants (2.3%) had cerebral palsy in a total of 2,985 patients who were admitted to the NICU in Anjo Kosei Hospital. Forty seven percent of the outpatients of pediatric neurology division had been admitted to NICU. Eighty-four percent of the in fants with cerebral palsy had been referred to the Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children. MRI disclosed perinatal brain injury in 72% of patients with cerebral palsy. We stress the importance of an information network among NICUs, pediatric neurology divisions and rehabilitation centers for disabled children.
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Department of Pediatrics, Daini-Aoitori Gakuen, Aichi Prefectural Hospital.
D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers