scholarly journals Regression of cystic lesions on brain MRI in a child with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy treated with selective head cooling

2013 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Szczepanik ◽  
Maria Borszewska-Kornacka ◽  
Dorota Antczak-Marach ◽  
Monika Bekiesińska-Figatowska
2021 ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
M R Shashikumar ◽  
Narasipur Lingaiah Rajendrakumar ◽  
Sanjay P ◽  
Nanjaraj Chakenalli Puttaraj ◽  
Shruti Shruti ◽  
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Introduction: HIE is often clinically suspected in the setting of a known perinatal stress event arising from a complicated or difcult delivery. The most sensitive and specic imaging technique for examining infants with suspected hypoxicischemic brain injury is MR imaging. It also gives information about the timing and specic patterns of injury and also suggest diagnoses other than HIE such as metabolic disorders and developmental disorders of the brain. MRI is also a useful tool in the determination of prognosis and also follow-up of HIE. Aim: This study was undertaken to evaluate the various MRI appearances of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy in term and preterm neonates and to correlate the MRI appearances with clinical outcome. Materials and Methods: All neonates with history of birth asphyxia, referred for MRI examination to the Department of Radio-Diagnosis, K. R. Hospital attached to Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, during January 2018 to January 2019. All MRI scans were performed on GE optima MR360 1.5 Tesla. Sequences used were T1W axial, T1 FLAIR axial, T2W axial, T2 FLAIR axial, T1W sag, T2W coronal, T2W GRE axial, DWI axial and ADC maps. Results: 30 babies with clinically suspicion of HIE and positive ndings on MR imaging were evaluated in our study. Out of 30 babies, 18 were term and 12 babies were preterm. Periventricular luecomalacia is most common MRI pattern in preterm and central pattern in term neonates. 16 babies had abnormal developmental outcome at 6 months follow up study. 16 babies with diffusion restriction in corpus callosum, 12 had abnormal outcome. 7 out of 10 babies with loss of normal signal in internal capsule had abnormal outcome. Babies with diffusion restriction in basal ganglia had gross developmental delay. Conclusion: MRI is the modality of choice for evaluation of HIE because of excellent gray – white matter resolution, well-depiction of myelination pattern and multi-planar imaging capabilities. There is a strong relation between the MRI appearances of birth asphyxia and the clinical outcome. Therefore MRI has a strong role in prognosticating lesions.


2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (13) ◽  
pp. 1065-1073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iván Sánchez Fernández ◽  
J. Leon Morales-Quezada ◽  
Samuel Law ◽  
Paggie Kim

Objective: To quantify the prognostic value of neonatal brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Methods: Meta-analysis of studies with ≥35-week neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy who underwent brain MRI within age 4 weeks and had neurodevelopmental follow-up for at least 12 months. Results: An abnormal neonatal brain MRI was more frequent among patients with unfavorable neurodevelopmental outcome: odds ratio = 18.2 (95% confidence interval: 9.4-34.9), P <.0001. The prognostic value of neonatal brain MRI in moderate hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy had an odds ratio of 17.7 (95% confidence interval: 5.3-59.3) and in severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, the odds ratio was 125.0 (95% confidence interval: 2.0-7917.1). Therapeutic hypothermia did not change the prognostic value of neonatal brain MRI (odds ratio for hypothermia, 14.0 [95% confidence interval: 3.1-63.6], vs no hypothermia, 18.1 [95% confidence interval: 10.0-33.1], P = .7525). Conclusion: Neonatal brain MRI provides prognostic information on outcome beyond early infancy in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and therapeutic hypothermia does not change its prognostic value.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (07) ◽  
pp. 676-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rani Bashir ◽  
Sakeer Vayalthrikkovil ◽  
Liza Espinoza ◽  
Leigh Irvine ◽  
James Scott ◽  
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Introduction The risk factors of intracranial hemorrhages (ICH) in the context of neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and related interventions are unclear. Objective This article examines the prevalence and risk factors associated with ICH in neonates with HIE. Study Design This is a retrospective cohort study of neonates with HIE in Southern Alberta. ICH (subdural [SDH], subarachnoid [SAH], intraventricular [IVH], intraparenchymal [IPH]) were diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Perinatal and neonatal characteristics were examined. Relation of hemorrhages with hypoxic changes on MRI and HIE stages were assessed. Results Number of HIE patients, n = 157; brain MRI was done in 138 infants; median gestation, 40 weeks; and cooled = 103 (66%). Prevalence of SDH, IPH, IVH, and SAH were 47, 22, 11, and 10 (34.1%, 15.9%, 7.8%, 7.2%), respectively. There was no significant increase in hemorrhage with mode of delivery, seizures, hypo/hypercarbia, severe thrombocytopenia, or deranged coagulation. All hemorrhages increased with higher HIE stage, regardless of the HIE severity in MRI. Adjusting for HIE staging, cooling, and gestation, IPH was observed more in infants who received inotropes (odds ratio [OR], 3.32; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.20, 9.20). Conclusion SDH followed by IPH were the most common ICH. Thrombocytopenia and deranged coagulation did not increase risk of hemorrhages in HIE. Our study was not powered to determine the impact of inotrope use on the risk of IPH.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang-yan Zou ◽  
Bing-xue Huang ◽  
Peng Zhang ◽  
Guo-qiang Cheng ◽  
Chun-mei Lu ◽  
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Abstract BackgroundTo evaluate the efficacy and safety of erythropoietin (Epo) combined with therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).MethodsA total of 78 term infants with HIE were assigned randomly to receive Epo (n = 40) or placebo (n = 38). All infants received TH. Blood samples before TH, after TH and after Epo/placebo were collected for measuring TH associated adverse events, Epo associated factors and potential neural biomarkers. Basal ganglia/ watershed (BG/W) scoring system was used to assess brain injury in MRI. Neurodevelopmental evaluations were performed at 18 months by using BayleyScales of Infant Development II (Bayley II).ResultsEpo-treated group tend to have lower serum creatine kinase (CK) concentration (114 vs 202, P = .04) and higher serum K+, Mg2+ concentration (5.0 vs 4.5, P = .03; 1.0 vs 0.9, P = .02) than control group after intervention. Brain MRI was performed in 65 (83%) neonatal. Totally brain injury score was in even distribution between two groups (median, 0 vs 0, P = .61), but injury region in cortex plus basal nuclei comparing with in basal nuclei solely was less common in the Epo than in the control group (21% vs 31%, P = .046). Only forty patients (40/78, 51%) succeeded in achieving 18-month follow up data. The totally adverse outcomes were trend to decline in the Epo group (35% vs 60%, P = .21). No adverse events were ascribed to Epo treatment.ConclusionsThe combination of Epo and TH is proved to be feasible, safe and potential effective.Trial registration: ChiCTR-TRC-14004532, date of registration: April 18th, 2014.


Author(s):  
Mahmood Noorishadkam ◽  
Shekoofeh Savabieh ◽  
Mohammad Emad Sharifi

Biomarkers are particles that are released from target organs during tissue hypoxia injury. Recognizing biomarkers released from the damaged brain helps physicians determine the extent of tissue damage and the use of protective techniques in clinical treatment.  Previous studies revealed that biomarkers such as brain-specific proteins (neuron-specific enolase (NSE), S100B, ubiquitincarboxy-terminal hydrolase-L1, total Tau) and cytokines, including IL-6, IL-1β, IL-10, IL-13, interferon-gamma, TNF alpha and brain-derived neurotrophic factor are useful in diagnosing hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and predicting nerve growth outcomes. However, optimal sensitivity and specificity of these biomarkers have not been achieved, which has limited their clinical application. This review focuses on biomarkers such as lactate, LDH, NRBC, NSE, S100B, GFAP, CPK-BB, IL-6, NPBI, UCHL-1. More sensitive and accurate instruments such as brain imaging (such as brain MRI), brain function (such as NIRS, aEEG), and long-term neuroassay should be used in the future to confirm biomarkers of neonatal brain damage.


2019 ◽  
Vol 87 (5) ◽  
pp. 879-884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne W. Wu ◽  
Amy M. Goodman ◽  
Taeun Chang ◽  
Sarah B. Mulkey ◽  
Fernando F. Gonzalez ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane W. Wasden ◽  
Stephen T. Chasen ◽  
Jeffrey M. Perlman ◽  
Jessica L. Illuzzi ◽  
Frank A. Chervenak ◽  
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AbstractObjective:To evaluate the association between planned home birth and neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).Methods:This is a case-control study in which a database of neonates who underwent head cooling for HIE at our institution from 2007 to 2011 was linked to New York City (NYC) vital records. Four normal controls per case were then randomly selected from the birth certificate data after matching for year of birth, geographic location, and gestational age. Demographic and obstetric information was obtained from the vital records for both the cases and controls. Location of birth was analyzed as hospital or out of hospital birth. Details from the out of hospital deliveries were reviewed to determine if the delivery was a planned home birth. Maternal and pregnancy characteristics were examined as covariates and potential confounders. Logistic regression was used to determine the odds of HIE by intended location of delivery.Results:Sixty-nine neonates who underwent head cooling for HIE had available vital record data on their births. The 69 cases were matched to 276 normal controls. After adjusting for pregnancy characteristics and mode of delivery, neonates with HIE had a 44.0-fold [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.7–256.4] odds of having delivered out of hospital, whether unplanned or planned. Infants with HIE had a 21.0-fold (95% CI 1.7–256.4) increase in adjusted odds of having had a planned home birth compared to infants without HIE.Conclusion:Out of hospital birth, whether planned home birth or unplanned out of hospital birth, is associated with an increase in the odds of neonatal HIE.


Medicine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (12) ◽  
pp. e25118
Author(s):  
Yen-Kuang Lin ◽  
Seok Hwang-Bo ◽  
Yu-Mi Seo ◽  
Young-Ah Youn

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