Prediction of neurodevelopmental outcome in the preterm infant: short latency cortical somatosensory evoked potentials compared with cranial ultrasound.
One hundred and twenty six preterm infants, with a gestational age of 34 weeks or less, were studied to compare the predictive value of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) with that of cranial ultrasound. A normal N1 latency was no guarantee of a normal outcome, nor did a persistently delayed N1 latency always correlate with a poor outcome. As a predictor of cerebral palsy, SEPs had a sensitivity of 44\% and a specificity of 92\%. The presence of a large haemorrhage (grade IIb/III) or cystic leukomalacia on cranial ultrasound predicted cerebral palsy with a sensitivity of 73.6\% and a specificity of 83.1\%. These results demonstrate that the role of SEPs recorded after median nerve stimulation is limited in preterm infants.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Vries1992
%A de Vries, L. S.
%A Eken, P.
%A Pierrat, V.
%A Daniels, H.
%A Casaer, P.
%D 1992
%J Arch Dis Child
%K Brain Diseases; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Palsy; Dystonia; Echoencephalography; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Premature; Small for Gestational Age; Leukomalacia, Periventricular; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity
%N 10 Spec No
%P 1177--1181
%T Prediction of neurodevelopmental outcome in the preterm infant: short latency cortical somatosensory evoked potentials compared with cranial ultrasound.
%V 67
%X One hundred and twenty six preterm infants, with a gestational age of 34 weeks or less, were studied to compare the predictive value of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) with that of cranial ultrasound. A normal N1 latency was no guarantee of a normal outcome, nor did a persistently delayed N1 latency always correlate with a poor outcome. As a predictor of cerebral palsy, SEPs had a sensitivity of 44\% and a specificity of 92\%. The presence of a large haemorrhage (grade IIb/III) or cystic leukomalacia on cranial ultrasound predicted cerebral palsy with a sensitivity of 73.6\% and a specificity of 83.1\%. These results demonstrate that the role of SEPs recorded after median nerve stimulation is limited in preterm infants.
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abstract = {One hundred and twenty six preterm infants, with a gestational age of 34 weeks or less, were studied to compare the predictive value of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) with that of cranial ultrasound. A normal N1 latency was no guarantee of a normal outcome, nor did a persistently delayed N1 latency always correlate with a poor outcome. As a predictor of cerebral palsy, SEPs had a sensitivity of 44\% and a specificity of 92\%. The presence of a large haemorrhage (grade IIb/III) or cystic leukomalacia on cranial ultrasound predicted cerebral palsy with a sensitivity of 73.6\% and a specificity of 83.1\%. These results demonstrate that the role of SEPs recorded after median nerve stimulation is limited in preterm infants.},
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keywords = {Brain Diseases; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Palsy; Dystonia; Echoencephalography; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Premature; Small for Gestational Age; Leukomalacia, Periventricular; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity},
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title = {Prediction of neurodevelopmental outcome in the preterm infant: short latency cortical somatosensory evoked potentials compared with cranial ultrasound.},
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