Province-Based Study of Neurologic Disability of Children Weighing 500 Through 1249 Grams at Birth in Relation to Neonatal Cerebral Ultrasound Findings

Abstract

This province-based study provides a descriptive scheme of serial neonatal cerebral ultrasound lesions and outcome considered useful for clinicians caring for newborns of lowest gestational ages. The overall incidence of parenchymal lesions was lower than frequently reported. Combinations of lesions were linked to increased incidence, complexity, and severity of childhood disability.