Turkish Validity And Reliability Of The Hammersmith Infant Neurological Evaluation (Hine)

Launched by SANKO UNIVERSITY · Feb 4, 2020

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The diagnosis of CP, which can be observed with high risk infants, is based on the observation of many neurological and clinical signs. The diagnosis usually takes place between 12-24 months. In the past years, before 12-24 months, it was seen as a hidden or silent period that could not be fully defined in terms of CP. However, today this definition has been found invalid because the diagnosis of 'high risk of CP' or CP can be predicted precisely before the corrected 6 months.There are 3 methods with the best predictable validity of determining CP before the corrected 5-month period: Neonat...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Infants with periventricular hemorage, intracranial hemorage,grade 2, 3, 4, cystic periventricular leukomalacia, stage 3 hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, neonatal bilirubin encephalopathy (kernicterius), perinatal stroke, perinatal asphyxia, hydrocephalus
• • Chronic lung disease, respiratory lung disease (RDS), broncho pulmonary dysplasia and babies with long-term o₂ support
• • Gram negative bacterial sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), infantile apnea, preterm babies with cerebral malformation
• • Low Apgar score (3 and below), Preterm babies with intrauterine growth retardation, multiple births (twins, triplets), Premature Retinopathy (ROP)
• • Infants with prolonged severe hypoglycaemia and hypocalcemia
• • Surgical conditions such as diaphragmatic hernia or tracheoesophageal fistula
• • Infants who are small for gestational age (small for gestational age, sga, less than 3rd percentile) or large for gestational age (large for gestational age, LGA, greater than 97th percentile)
• • Infants who received mechanical ventilation for more than 24 hours
• • Infants younger than 32 gestational weeks and under 1500 kilograms
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Infants with congenitalmal formation (spina bifida, congenital muscular torticollis, arthrogryposis multiplex congenita..vs)
• • Infants diagnosed with metabolic and genetic diseases (down syndrome, spinal muscular atrophy, duchenne muscular dystrophy..vs)
• • Postterm Infants still dependent on intubation and mechanical ventilator at 3 months.