HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN FULL-T ERM NEWBORNS - CORRELATION BETWEEN THE NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME AND CRANIAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING

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.