Continuing decline in the prevalence of cerebral palsy in Denmark for birth years 2008-2013

CONCLUSION: We found a decrease in prevalence and severity in CP among Danish children. The decline was most pronounced in children born after 37 gestational weeks with severe subtypes of CP. National guidelines that recommend induction of labour before the completion of week 42 and therapeutic hypothermia for term neonates with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, may have contributed to the decline.PMID:34756357 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejpn.2020.10.003

Source: European Journal of Paediatric Neurology - November 10, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Mads Langager Larsen Gija Rackauskaite Gorm Greisen Bjarne Laursen Peter Uldall Lone Krebs Christina Engel Hoei-Hansen Source Type: research