Placental inflammation and brain injury in preterm infants

Inflammation and early brain injury in term and preterm infants.

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...

Does placental inflammation relate to brain lesions and volume in preterm infants?

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the association between histologic inflammation of placenta and brain findings in ultrasound examinations and regional brain volumes in magnetic resonance imaging in very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) or in very preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN VLBW or very preterm infants (n = 121) were categorized into 3 groups according to the most pathologic brain finding on ultrasound exami...

Editorial Brain Injury in Preterm Newborn Infants