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Table 3 Hypoxic-ischemic injury in newborns with two sequential scans

From: Early identification of brain injury in infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy at high risk for severe impairments: accuracy of MRI performed in the first days of life

Case number

Graduation of HIE

Pattern injury

Age MR1 (hrs.)

Score MR1

Score DWI

Age MR2 (hrs.)

Score MR2

1

Moderate (B)

No injury

114

0

0

331

0

2

Moderate (B)

No injury

74 (HT)

0

0

362

0

3

Moderate (B)

No injury

91

0

0

402

0

4

Moderate (B)

No injury

115

0

0

238

0

5

Moderate (B)

No injury

68 (HT)

0

0

335

0

6

Moderate (A)

Central

95

4

4

189

6

7

Moderate (B)

Global

95

10

12

308

12

8

Severe (B)

No injury

99

0

0

213

0

9

Severe (A)

Punctate

138

5

2

258

5

10

Severe (A)

Watershed

107

6

7

298

6

11

Severe (B)

Central

91

5

0

241

10

12

Severe (B)

Central

95

6

6

191

8

13

Severe (A)

Global

75 (HT)

11

9

283

11

14

Severe (B)

Global

157

12

6

336

11

15

Severe (B)

Global

71 (HT)

10

10

377

12

  1. HIE: Hypoxic-ischemic injury; Moderate HIE (A): without seizures (B): with seizures; Severe HIE (A): no signs of brainstem dysfunction (B): signs of brainstem dysfunction; DWI: Diffusion-weighted imaging; MR1: first/early magnetic resonance imaging; MR2: second/late magnetic resonance imaging; HT: Hypothermia.