High occurrence of perinatal risk factors and more severe impairments in children with postneonatal cerebral palsy in Norway

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AIM: To describe causal events, perinatal risk factors and clinical characteristics in children with postneonatal cerebral palsy (PNCP).

METHODS: Population-based registry study of Norwegian children born 1999-2013. Prevalence, causal events and clinical characteristics of PNCP were described. The occurrence of perinatal risk factors for CP was compared with the general population.

RESULTS: Among 1710 children with CP, 67 had PNCP (3.9%; 0.75 per 10,000 livebirths [95%CI: 0.59-0.96]). The prevalence of PNCP decreased during the study period. Leading causal events were cerebrovascular events (32.8%), head injuries/other accidents (22.4%), infections (19.4%) and hypoxic events (14.9%). Spastic hemiplegic (53.7%) or spastic quadriplegic/dyskinetic CP (31.3%) was more common in children with PNCP than non-PNCP (42.3% and 20.1%, respectively; p < 0.001). Children with PNCP had more severe motor and associated impairments. Perinatal risk factors for CP were more common in children with PNCP than in the general population.

CONCLUSION: The prevalence of PNCP among Norwegian children was low and decreasing. The main causes were cerebrovascular events and head injuries/other accidents. Although spastic hemiplegic CP was the dominating subtype, children with PNCP had more severe motor and associated impairments than children with non-PNCP, as well as a higher occurrence of perinatal risk factors than in the general population.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:111

Enthalten in:

Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 111(2022), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 812-819

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tharaldsen, Guro [VerfasserIn]
Hollung, Sandra J [VerfasserIn]
Vik, Torstein [VerfasserIn]
Andersen, Guro L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Associated impairments
Cerebral palsy
Journal Article
Motor impairments
Perinatal risk factors
Postneonatal cerebral palsy

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Date Completed 11.04.2022

Date Revised 11.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/apa.16240

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM335028632