Early identification of cerebral visual impairments in infants born extremely preterm.

Aim: Children born extremely preterm are at risk of visual processing problems related to brain damage. Damage in visual pathways can remain undetected by conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional consequences cannot always be predicted. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of processing visual information in infants born extremely preterm at a corrected age of 1 year using a communication-free visual function test based on eye tracking.

Data quality in diffusion tensor imaging studies of the preterm brain: a systematic review.

Background: To study early neurodevelopment in preterm infants, evaluation of brain maturation and injury is increasingly performed using diffusion tensor imaging, for which the reliability of underlying data is paramount.

Objective: To review the literature to evaluate acquisition and processing methodology in diffusion tensor imaging studies of preterm infants.

Materials And Methods: We searched the Embase, Medline, Web of Science and Cochrane databases for relevant papers published between 2003 and 2013.

Serial cranial ultrasonography or early MRI for detecting preterm brain injury?

Objective: To investigate detection ability and feasibility of serial cranial ultrasonography (CUS) and early MRI in preterm brain injury.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Level III neonatal intensive care unit.

Incidental sonographic diagnosis of neonatal carotid occlusion.

Unlabelled: Cranial ultrasonography including colour Doppler can detect neonatal carotid flow problems at an early stage, even before symptoms occur. Different pathogeneses can be identified. The condition is more frequent than previously reported.

Safety of routine early MRI in preterm infants.

Background: Cerebral MRI performed on preterm infants at term-equivalent 30 weeks' gestational age (GA) is increasingly performed as part of standard clinical care.

Objective: We evaluated safety of these early MRI procedures.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively collected data on patient safety of preterm infants who underwent early MRI scans.

Plasma water as a diagnostic tool in the assessment of dehydration in children with acute gastroenteritis.

Acute gastroenteritis is common in childhood. The estimation of the degree of dehydration is essential for management of acute gastroenteritis. Plasma water was assessed as a diagnostic tool in children with acute gastroenteritis and dehydration admitted to hospital.