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Table 3 Frequency of conspicuous cranial ultrasound findings in neonates > = 30 weeks of gestation without indication for cranial ultrasound

From: Analyses of pathological cranial ultrasound findings in neonates that fall outside recent indication guidelines: results of a population-based birth cohort: survey of neonates in Pommerania (SNiP-study)

Cranial ultrasound groups

N of subgroup n/ N of group (%)

Conspicuities detected

140/3809 (3.7)

 at ages 30–34 weeks gestation

4/12 (33.3)

 at ages > 34 weeks gestation

136/3797 (3.6)

 AND NCU admission (group I)

47/610 (7.7)

  mild

30 (4.9)

  significant

17 (2.8)

 WITHOUT NCU admission (group II)

117/3696 (3.2)

  mild

100 (2.7)

  significant

17 (0.5)

  1. Data are the number (%). NCU: neonatal care unit