NEONATAL HIP SCREENING - RELIABILITY OF R ISK-FACTORS AND CLINICAL EXAMINATION COMPARED TO ULTRASOUND FINDINGS

The aim of the study was to determine the prognostic value of clinical and anamnestic data for recording initial hip pathology with respect to ultrasound. Methods: From a hip screening program of many years, th e clinical findings, the anamnestic risk factors as well as the sonogr ams (following Graf's method) of 8824 non-selected neonates were evalu ated retrospectively. Results: By means of extensive statistical calcu lations, no close correlations between sonographic results and so-call ed clinical or anamnestic risk factors could be found. Conclusions: Th is, once again, underlines the necessity for the general introduction of a sonographic hip screening on all neonates.