Open AccessDoes diffusion restriction changes in magnetic resonance imaging predict neurological outcome in neonatal seizures?
Author(s) -
Manipriya Ravindran,
Prakash Amborium,
B Umamaheswari,
Gokul Ramani,
Binu Ninan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.174434
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , neonatal intensive care unit , observational study , etiology , radiology , psychiatry
Neonatal seizures are a common manifestation of brain dysfunction. Neonatal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has rapidly become the study of choice for the evaluation of central nervous systems disorders in newborns. According to a study conducted in Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, diffusion Restriction (DR) changes in the MRI is a good indicator of cell dysfunction (reversible or irreversible) within one week of insult.