[Permanent neurological damage].

Pediatr Med Chir

Divisione di Patologia Neonatale, Ospedale Civile di Treviso, Italia.

Published: February 1995

AI Article Synopsis

  • Permanent neonatal neurologic injury often stems from conditions like intraventricular hemorrhage, hydrocephalus, congenital malformations, and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
  • Communicating the extent of the damage to parents is crucial and should be done with honesty and empathy, allowing them time to process the information.
  • Emphasizing the medical facility's capability for accurate diagnosis, appropriate treatment, and ongoing care is also important in supporting the parents during this difficult time.

Article Abstract

Permanent neonatal neurologic injury is often a result of intraventricular and intraparenchymal hemorrhage, hydrocephalus or porencephaly, cerebral congenital malformation, congenital infections, or hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy syndrome. The damage must be communicated to the newborn's parents, who will obviously ask about their child's future. The news given to both parents must be truthful, showing a sense of empathy, with some degree of the problem's severity withnel however, so as to allow the time necessary for them to adjust to the blow slowly. It is also useful to emphasize that the individual medical facility is capable of timely diagnoses, correct therapy, and long-term follow-up. In short, of truth and human kindness.

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