Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare cranial ultrasound studies and neurodevelopmental outcome of preterm infants affected by maternal floor infarction (MFI) of the placenta to gestational age-matched controls over an 8-year period from a single institution.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case/control study.
RESULTS: Compared to gestational age-matched controls, infants born to mothers with MFI had a higher incidence of CNS injury on neonatal cranial ultrasound examinations and at follow-up were more likely to have a suspicious or abnormal neurologic examination. MFI cases had lower developmental scores in all areas tested and were more likely to have neurodevelopmental impairment.
CONCLUSION: Infants born to mothers with MFI should have serial neonatal cranial ultrasound examinations to detect CNS injury and neurodevelopmental assessment during early childhood.
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Adams-Chapman, I., Vaucher, Y., Bejar, R. et al. Maternal Floor Infarction of the Placenta: Association With Central Nervous System Injury and Adverse Neurodevelopmental Outcome. J Perinatol 22, 236–241 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210685
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