Cerebral palsy: Phenotypes and risk factors in term singletons born small for gestational age

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabrielle Freire ◽  
Michael Shevell ◽  
Maryam Oskoui
BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e038453
Author(s):  
Anna Jöud ◽  
Andréa Sehlstedt ◽  
Karin Källén ◽  
Lena Westbom ◽  
Lars Rylander

ObjectivesTo investigate known and suggested risk factors associated with cerebral palsy in a Swedish birth cohort, stratified by gestational age.SettingInformation on all births between 1995 and 2014 in Skåne, the southernmost region in Sweden, was extracted from the national birth register.ParticipantsThe cohort comprised a total of 215 217 children. Information on confirmed cerebral palsy and subtype was collected from the national quality register for cerebral palsy (Cerebral Palsy Follow-up Surveillance Programme).Primary and secondary outcome measuresWe calculated the prevalence of risk factors suggested to be associated with cerebral palsy and used logistic regression models to investigate the associations between potential risk factors and cerebral palsy. All analyses were stratified by gestational age; term (≥37 weeks), moderately or late preterm (32–36 weeks) and very preterm (<32 weeks).ResultsIn all, 381 (0.2 %) children were assigned a cerebral palsy diagnosis. Among term children, maternal preobesity/obesity, small for gestational age, malformations, induction, elective and emergency caesarian section, Apgar <7 at 5 min and admission to neonatal care were significantly associated with cerebral palsy (all p values<0.05). Among children born moderately or late preterm, small for gestational age, malformations, elective and emergency caesarian section and admission to neonatal care were all associated with cerebral palsy (all p values <0.05), whereas among children born very preterm no factors were significantly associated with the outcome (all p values>0.05).ConclusionOur results support and strengthen previous findings on factors associated with cerebral palsy. The complete lack of significant associations among children born very preterm probably depends on to the small number of children with cerebral palsy in this group.


2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
A.A. Usynina ◽  
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G.N. Chumakova ◽  
V.A. Postoev ◽  
J.O. Odland ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 230949902110011
Author(s):  
Kyoko Okuno ◽  
Yukihiro Kitai ◽  
Toru Shibata ◽  
Hiroshi Arai

Purpose: To investigate the risk factors for hip displacement in patients with dyskinetic cerebral palsy (DCP). Methods: We evaluated 81 patients with DCP, 45 males and 36 females, aged 10–22 years, risk factors for hip displacement were evaluated using multivariate logistic regression analysis with primary brain lesions, Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level, gestational age, birth weight, Cobb’s angle, and complication of epilepsy as independent factors. Hip displacement was defined as migration percentage >30%. Primary brain lesions were classified into globus pallidus (GP), thalamus and putamen (TP), and others using brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Perinatal and clinical features were compared between patients with GP lesions and those with TP lesions. Results: Hip displacement was observed in 53 patients (67%). Higher GMFCS levels (p = 0.013, odds ratio [OR] 2.6) and the presence of GP lesions (p = 0.04, OR 16.5) were independent risk factors for hip displacement. Patients with GP lesions showed significantly higher GMFCS levels, more frequent hip displacement, and lower gestational age and birth weight than those with TP lesions. Conclusion: Primary brain lesion location may be an important factor in predicting hip displacement among patients with DCP. Appropriate risk assessment using brain MRI may contribute to the early detection and intervention of hip displacement because brain lesion location can be assessed during infancy before GMFCS level is decided.


2021 ◽  
pp. 109352662110251
Author(s):  
James Roberts ◽  
Jeanette D Cheng ◽  
Elizabeth Moore ◽  
Carla Ransom ◽  
Minhui Ma ◽  
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Placental infection by SARS-CoV-2 with various pathologic alterations reported. Inflammatory findings, such as extensive perivillous fibrin deposition and intervillous histiocytosis, have been postulated as risk factors for fetal infection by SARS-CoV-2. We describe the placental findings in a case of a 31-year-old mother with SARS-CoV-2 infection who delivered a preterm female neonate who tested negative for SAR-CoV2 infection. Placental examination demonstrated a small for gestational age placenta with extensive intervillous histiocytosis, syncytiotrophoblast karyorrhexis, and diffuse intervillous fibrin deposition. Immunohistochemical staining demonstrated infection of the syncytiotrophoblasts by SARS-CoV-2 inversely related to the presence of intervillous histiocytes and fibrin deposition. Our case demonstrates that despite extensive placental pathology, no fetal transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurred, as well as postulates a relationship between placental infection, inflammation, and fibrin deposition.


2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul T. Seed ◽  
Lucy C. Chappell ◽  
Michael A. Black ◽  
Katrina K. Poppe ◽  
Yuan-Chun Hwang ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 97 (Suppl 2) ◽  
pp. A114-A115
Author(s):  
M. Stoknes ◽  
G. Andersen ◽  
M. Dahlseng ◽  
J. Skranes ◽  
K. Salvesen ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Mirjana Vucinovic ◽  
Ljubo Znaor ◽  
Ana Vucinovic ◽  
Vesna Capkun ◽  
Julijana Bandic

PURPOSE: To study the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in a neonatal intensive care unit in Croatia and obtain information on risk factors associated with ROP. There have been limited studies on ROP in Croatia where the screening for ROP and its treatment is still insufficient and not introduced in many intensive care units. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This retrospective study included 247 premature infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of University Hospital Split, over a 5-year period between January 2012, and December 2016. In this paper the relationship between clinical risk factors and the development of ROP was analyzed. RESULTS: The overall incidence for ROP was 23,9 % (59 infants), for Type 1 ROP was 9,3% (23 infants); for Type 2 ROP was 14,6% (36 infants). Median gestational age (GA) and birthweight (BW) were significantly lower among infants with ROP versus those without ROP (29: 23-34 vs. 31: 23-34,p<0,001 and 1,180:630-2,000 vs. 1485:590-2000, p<0,001 respectively). Multivariate analysis showed that only BW (p=0,029) and small for gestational age (SGA) (p=0,045) predicted the development of ROP. CONCLUSION: Birth weight and small for gestational age were the most significant risk factors for developing ROP. In comparison with studies from highly developed countries, infants with a much wider range of gestational age and birth weights are developing Type 1 ROP. 


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