TRANSFONTANELLE ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN INFANTS - COMPARATIVE-STUDY WITH CRANIAL COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY

Authors
ALVES JGB FIGUEIRA ACD AMARAL F GUIMARAES A
Citation
Jgb. Alves et al., TRANSFONTANELLE ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN INFANTS - COMPARATIVE-STUDY WITH CRANIAL COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY, Journal of tropical pediatrics, 43(3), 1997, pp. 182-183
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine",Pediatrics
Journal title
Journal of tropical pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01426338
Volume
43
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
182 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0142-6338(1997)43:3<182:TUII-C>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The findings of transfontanelle ultrasonography, undertaken in 36 infa nt with clinical evidence of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, w ere compared with the findings of cranial computed tomography (CT). Co nsidering the CT scan findings as gold standard, cranial ultrasonograp hy had a sensitivity of 82 per cent and a specificity of 75 per cent i n identifying cerebral pathology. The positive predictive value was 92 per cent and negative predictive value was 45 per cent.