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[Predictive value of skull hypodensities in x-ray computed tomography in perinatal asphyxia in full-term newborn
A Sevely1, J Tricoire, M Rolland
1Service de médecine infantile B, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France.
Pediatrie
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Prediction of risk of sequelae in 78 asphyxiated full-term newborns was evaluated during the 15 first days of life by clinical, electroencephalographic and cranial tomodensitometric (CT) data. The predictive value of CT hypodensity is poor (sensitivity: 87.7%; specificity: 63%), while its negative predictive value appears more interesting (97%). Combined evaluation of clinical, electroencephalographic and CT data allows the most accurate prognosis. These findings agree with other studies in the literature.