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Risk Factors for Cerebral Palsy in Very Low-Birthweight Infants in the 1980s and 1990s

Infant Department Children's Memorial Health Institute Warsaw, Poland

Krystyna Rowecka-Trzebicka, MD, PhD

Infant Department Children's Memorial Health Institute Warsaw, Poland

Bogumila Milewska-Bobula, MD, PhD

Infant Department Children's Memorial Health Institute Warsaw, Poland

Barbara Kassur-Siemieska, MD, PhD

Infant Department Children's Memorial Health Institute Warsaw, Poland

Anna Bauer, MD

Infant Department Children's Memorial Health Institute Warsaw, Poland

Miroslawa Idzik, MD

Infant Department Children's Memorial Health Institute Warsaw, Poland

Bozena Lipka, MD

Infant Department Children's Memorial Health Institute Warsaw, Poland

Pawe Marciski, MD

Infant Department Children's Memorial Health Institute Warsaw, Poland

One-hundred twenty-nine very low-birthweight infants were treated in Newborn and Infant Care Department of Children's Memorial Health Institute between 1985 and 1994; 89 were taken to prospective neurodevelopmental care. The newborns were divided into two groups. Group I had 38 preterm infants born from 1985 to 1989 and followed up at 7 to 11 years of age. Group II had 51 very low-birthweight infants treated from 1990 to 1994 and followed up at 2 to 5 years of age. Complicated, multiple pregnancy, normal delivery, and extremely low birthweight were significantly more frequent in group II. Very low-birthweight infants were frequently born by cesarean section in severe asphyxia. Only four (7.8%) newborns received surfactant therapy. From 1990 to 1994, respiratory distress syndrome III and IV, and a longer respiratotherapy period were significantly more frequent. From 1985 to 1994, the frequency of sepsis, periventricular leukomalacia, and normal ultrasonography was constant. Intraventricular hemorrhage I, II, and IV were frequently present in the 1990s, and intraventricular hemorrhage III was frequent in the 1980s. Cerebral palsy was diagnosed in 11 (28.9%) children in group I and 18 (35.2%) in group II (not statistically different). Multiple and complicated pregnancy, cesarean section, severe asphyxia, and respiratory distress syndrome did not increase the risk of cerebral palsy in very low-birthweight infants. Periventricular leukomalacia has a more predictive value for cerebral palsy in these infants than did intraventricular hemorrhage. (J Child Neurol 2000;15:417-420).

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 15, No. 6, 417-420 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/088307380001500612


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