PREDICTION OF CEREBRAL PALSY IN VERY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT INFANTS: PROSPECTIVE ULTRASOUND STUDY

The value of regular cerebral ultrasound scanning in predicting cerebral palsy (CP) was assessed in very low birthweight infants. The infants were scanned before discharge, and their vision and hearing were assessed at age 9 months and neurodevelopment was assessed at 18 months. Ultrasound abnormalities, defined before the study, were periventricular haemorrhage (PVH), "prolonged flare" (echodensity persisting in the periventricular white-matter...