The Discrepancy Between Maturation of Visual-Evoked Potentials and Cognitive Outcome at Five Years in Very Preterm Infants With and Without Hemodynamic Signs of Fetal Brain-Sparing

Abstract

Both being born with a raised U/C ratio and an acceleration of VEP latencies are negatively associated with cognitive outcome at 5 years of age. Fetal brain-sparing, although a seemingly beneficial adaptive mechanism for intact neurologic survival, is, however, later associated with a poorer cognitive outcome.