Abstract
We investigated the relationship of the infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Anjo Kosei Hospital, the outpatients of the pediatric neurology division of the same hospital and the patients in Daini-Aoitori Gakuen, A ichi prefecturalh ospitala nd Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children.
Eighty-six infants (2.9%) disclosed perinatal brain injury, and seventy infants (2.3%) had cerebral palsy in a total of 2, 985 patients who were admitted to the NICU in Anjo Kosei Hospital. Forty-seven percent of the outpatients of pediatric neurology division had been admitted to NICU. Eighty-four percent of the infants with cerebral palsy had been referred to the Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children. MRI disclosed perinatal brain injury in 72% of patients with cerebral palsy.
We stress the importance of an information network among NICUs, pediatric neurology divisions and rehabilitation centers for disabled children.
