%0 Journal Article %1 Walstab2002a %A Walstab, Janet %A Bell, Robin %A Reddihough, Dinah %A Brennecke, Shaun %A Bessell, Christine %A Beischer, Norman %D 2002 %J Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol %K Adult; Analysis of Variance; Case-Control Studies; Cerebral Palsy; Cohort Confidence Intervals; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Premature; Logistic Models; Maternal Age; Middle Aged; Obstetric Labor Complications; Pilot Projects; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Pregnancy, Multiple; Prenatal Care; Probability; Reference Values; Risk Assessment; Factors; Smoking; Victoria %N 2 %P 138--146 %T Antenatal and intrapartum antecedents of cerebral palsy: a case-control study. %V 42 %X AIM: To identify antenatal and intrapartum factors contributing to the aetiology of cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS: A case-control study using moderate/severe cases of cerebral palsy identified from the Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register and two controls per case identified through the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection Unit. RESULTS: A number of previously identified risk factors for CP were confirmed in our data. New observations were (in specific sub-groups): protective effects of mother's negative Rhesus status, cigarette smoking at the first visit and episiotomy and an increased risk of CP associated with an abnormal antenatal cardiotocograph. CONCLUSIONS: Although the result of the deliberate investigation of specific aspects of the antenatal and intrapartum period identified from a pilot study, our new findings must be interpreted with caution as they were not all based on specific a priori hypotheses, although some had been examined by other investigators. We would encourage their evaluation in other data sets.

@article{Walstab2002a, abstract = {AIM: To identify antenatal and intrapartum factors contributing to the aetiology of cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS: A case-control study using moderate/severe cases of cerebral palsy identified from the Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register and two controls per case identified through the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection Unit. RESULTS: A number of previously identified risk factors for CP were confirmed in our data. New observations were (in specific sub-groups): protective effects of mother's negative Rhesus status, cigarette smoking at the first visit and episiotomy and an increased risk of CP associated with an abnormal antenatal cardiotocograph. CONCLUSIONS: Although the result of the deliberate investigation of specific aspects of the antenatal and intrapartum period identified from a pilot study, our new findings must be interpreted with caution as they were not all based on specific a priori hypotheses, although some had been examined by other investigators. We would encourage their evaluation in other data sets.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T21:53:58.000+0200}, author = {Walstab, Janet and Bell, Robin and Reddihough, Dinah and Brennecke, Shaun and Bessell, Christine and Beischer, Norman}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b9e26f00fa3c50a138f3fea9773a4b73/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {c423215e01ffd3f9876a1b6616e77306}, intrahash = {b9e26f00fa3c50a138f3fea9773a4b73}, journal = {Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol}, keywords = {Adult; Analysis of Variance; Case-Control Studies; Cerebral Palsy; Cohort Confidence Intervals; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Premature; Logistic Models; Maternal Age; Middle Aged; Obstetric Labor Complications; Pilot Projects; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Pregnancy, Multiple; Prenatal Care; Probability; Reference Values; Risk Assessment; Factors; Smoking; Victoria}, month = May, number = 2, pages = {138--146}, pmid = {12069139}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T21:53:58.000+0200}, title = {Antenatal and intrapartum antecedents of cerebral palsy: a case-control study.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 42, year = 2002 }