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Title: | Can cerebellar and brainstem Apparent Diffusion Coefficient values predict neuromotor outcome in term neonates with HIE hypothermia-treated?. |
Author: | Arca Díaz, Gemma Re, Thomas J. Drottar, Marie Fortuno, Carmen Rosa Macedo Rodrigues, Katyucia de Im, Kiho Figueras Aloy, José, 1950- Grant, Patricia Ellen |
Keywords: | Neonatologia Malalties cerebrals Pronòstic mèdic Hipotèrmia Isquèmia cerebral Neonatology Brain diseases Prognosis Hypothermia Cerebral ischemia |
Issue Date: | 7-Jul-2017 |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
Abstract: | Background and purpose To determine the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in specific infratentorial brain structures during the first week of life and its relation with neuromotor outcome for Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in term neonates with and without whole-body hypothermia (TH). Materials and methods We retrospectively evaluated 45 MRI studies performed in the first week of life of term neonates born between 2010 and 2013 at Boston Children's Hospital. Selected cases were classified into three groups: 1) HIE neonates who underwent TH, 2) HIE normothermics (TN), and 3) controls. The neuromotor outcome was categorized as normal, abnormal and death. The ADCmean was calculated for six infratentorial brain regions. Results A total of 45 infants were included: 28 HIE TH treated, 8 HIE TN, and 9 controls. The mean gestational age was 39 weeks; 57.8% were male; 11.1% were non-survivors. The median age at MRI was 3 days (interquartile range, 1-4 days). A statistically significant relationship was shown between motor outcome or death and the ADCmean in the vermis (P = 0.002), cerebellar left hemisphere (P = 0.002), midbrain (P = 0.009), pons (P = 0.014) and medulla (P = 0.005). In patients treated with TH, the ADC mean remained significantly lower than that in the controls only in the hemispheres (P = 0.01). In comparison with abnormal motor outcome, ADCmean was lowest in the left hemisphere (P = 0.003), vermis (P = 0.003), pons (P = 0.0036) and medulla (P = 0.008) in case of death. Conclusion ADCmean values during the first week of life in the left hemisphere, vermis, pons and medulla are related to motor outcome or death in infants with HIE either with or without hypothermic therapy. Therefore, this objective tool can be assessed prospectively to determine if it can be used to establish prognosis in the first week of life, particularly in severe cases of HIE. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178510 |
It is part of: | PLoS One, 2017, vol. 12, num. 7, p. e0178510 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/130885 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178510 |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (IDIBAPS: Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer) Articles publicats en revistes (Cirurgia i Especialitats Medicoquirúrgiques) |
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