Incidence Estimates of Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke in Preterm- and Term-Born Infants: A National Capture-Recapture Calculation Corrected Surveillance Study

CONCLUSION: PAIS incidence rates in Germany, extrapolated from estimates for completeness of reporting in the largest federal state, were within the range of other population-based studies. As a novel finding, we detected symptomatic PAIS in preterm-born infants to be as common as in term-born infants although their symptoms were often unspecific.PMID:33794541 | DOI:10.1159/000514922

Source: Neonatology - April 1, 2021 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Anna-Lisa Sorg R üdiger von Kries Mathias Klemme Lucia Gerstl Ursula Felderhoff-M üser Mark Dzietko Source Type: research