Brain injury and ocular motor abnormalities in surviving preterm infants

Brain injury and ocular motor abnormalities in surviving preterm infants.

Editorials Brain injury and ocular motor abnormalities in surviving preterm infants Advances in neonatal care over the past 10 years have resulted in increased survival of very immature preterm infants but there has not been a corresponding improvement in neurodevelopmental outcome. 1 Serious neonatal morbidity is associated with decreasing gestational age. The survival of infants of extremely ...

Brain Injury in Preterm Infants

Zoe Iliodromiti1, Dimitrios Zygouris2, Paraskevi Karagianni3, Panagiotis Belitsos4, Angelos Daniilidis5 and Nikolaos Vrachnis6 1Neonatal Unit, 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens Medical School, Aretaieio Hospital, Athens, 23nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens Medical School, Attiko Hospital, Athens, 32nd NICU and Neonatology Department...

Electroencephalography and brain injury in preterm infants

Electroencephalography (EEG) is a sensitive method for detection of brain injury in preterm infants. Although the acute and chronic EEG changes are mainly non-specific regarding type of injury, they correlate with later neurological and cognitive function. In infants developing periventricular hemorrhagic or ischemic brain injury, acute EEG findings include depression of background activity and...

Editorial Brain Injury in Preterm Newborn Infants

Inflammation and early brain injury in term and preterm infants.