Md. Lamblin et al., HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN FULL-T ERM NEWBORNS - CORRELATION BETWEEN THE NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME AND CRANIAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING, Neurophysiologie clinique, 26(6), 1996, pp. 369-378
This study was aimed at assessing by EEG recording and cranial imaging
the cerebral function of 29 full term newborns presenting with hypoxi
c-ischemic encephalopathy and at establishing a correlation between th
e results and the neurological outcome. A correlation between the Sarn
at's classification and the neurological outcome was observed except f
or the intermediate grade. In this case, impairment of the EEG was var
iable and neurological prognosis was sometimes evidenced by cranial im
aging. Unfavorable neurological outcome occurred when thalamic lesions
were present, independently of clinical signs and EEG abnormalities.