TY - JOUR
T1 - Characteristics of Children With Cerebral Palsy in the Post–Therapeutic Hypothermia Era
AU - Pekeles, Heather
AU - Al Amrani, Fatema
AU - Perez-Morgui, Marta
AU - Wintermark, Pia
AU - Shevell, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - Objectives: To explore the profile of children with cerebral palsy secondary to intrapartum asphyxia treated with therapeutic hypothermia after birth and to compare characteristics of children treated with therapeutic hypothermia with mild vs severe cerebral palsy outcome. Study Design: We identified all children treated with therapeutic hypothermia for intrapartum asphyxia in a single-center tertiary-level neonatal intensive care unit from 2008 to 2018 with a cerebral palsy outcome. We collected perinatal and outcome measures from patient charts. We searched the literature for characteristics of children with cerebral palsy prior to therapeutic hypothermia (historical cohort) to compare to our cohort. We subdivided our cohort into mild vs severe cerebral palsy and compared neonatal characteristics to identify predictors of severe phenotype. Results: Thirty of 355 cooled neonates (8%) developed cerebral palsy. More children had spastic quadriparesis and epilepsy, and fewer had visual impairment in the post–therapeutic hypothermia era compared to the historical cohort, but had similar Gross Motor Function Classification System scores. In our cohort, more children had severe (19 of 30, 63%) compared to mild cerebral palsy (11 of 30, 37%). The severe group had higher mean birth weight, lower 5- and 10-minute Apgar scores, and more often white matter injury with associated deep gray matter injury or near-total injury pattern (P <.05). Conclusions: Our data demonstrated more infants with severe rather than mild cerebral palsy in our cohort treated with therapeutic hypothermia. Birthweight, 5- and 10-minute Apgar scores, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings were significantly different between mild and severe phenotype groups. Our findings can guide clinicians how to better weigh these factors, when counseling parents in the neonatal period.
AB - Objectives: To explore the profile of children with cerebral palsy secondary to intrapartum asphyxia treated with therapeutic hypothermia after birth and to compare characteristics of children treated with therapeutic hypothermia with mild vs severe cerebral palsy outcome. Study Design: We identified all children treated with therapeutic hypothermia for intrapartum asphyxia in a single-center tertiary-level neonatal intensive care unit from 2008 to 2018 with a cerebral palsy outcome. We collected perinatal and outcome measures from patient charts. We searched the literature for characteristics of children with cerebral palsy prior to therapeutic hypothermia (historical cohort) to compare to our cohort. We subdivided our cohort into mild vs severe cerebral palsy and compared neonatal characteristics to identify predictors of severe phenotype. Results: Thirty of 355 cooled neonates (8%) developed cerebral palsy. More children had spastic quadriparesis and epilepsy, and fewer had visual impairment in the post–therapeutic hypothermia era compared to the historical cohort, but had similar Gross Motor Function Classification System scores. In our cohort, more children had severe (19 of 30, 63%) compared to mild cerebral palsy (11 of 30, 37%). The severe group had higher mean birth weight, lower 5- and 10-minute Apgar scores, and more often white matter injury with associated deep gray matter injury or near-total injury pattern (P <.05). Conclusions: Our data demonstrated more infants with severe rather than mild cerebral palsy in our cohort treated with therapeutic hypothermia. Birthweight, 5- and 10-minute Apgar scores, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings were significantly different between mild and severe phenotype groups. Our findings can guide clinicians how to better weigh these factors, when counseling parents in the neonatal period.
KW - cerebral palsy
KW - children
KW - disability
KW - hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
KW - neurodevelopment
KW - pediatric
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U2 - 10.1177/08830738231159162
DO - 10.1177/08830738231159162
M3 - Article
C2 - 36872628
AN - SCOPUS:85149983631
SN - 0883-0738
VL - 38
SP - 130
EP - 136
JO - Journal of Child Neurology
JF - Journal of Child Neurology
IS - 3-4
ER -