Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 5 Incidence of abnormal clinical and their association with CUS findings

From: Assessment of role of cranial ultrasound (CUS) in the evaluation of high-risk preterm and term neonates

	Cranial ultrasound		Significance
	Normal	Abnormal	Significance
Abnormal cry	20 (13.5%)	16 (30.8%)	0.049*
Poor activity	24 (16.2%)	20 (38.5%)	0.018*
Poor/abnormal tone	6 (4.1%)	10 (19.2%)	0.014*
Poor reflexes	8 (5.4%)	4 (7.7%)	0.673
Abnormal posture	6 (4.1%)	4 (7.7%)	0.464
Presence of pallor	2 (1.4%)	4 (7.7%)	0.103
Presence of icterus	38 (25.7%)	8 (15.4%)	0.283
Presence of cyanosis	36 (24.3%)	24 (46.2%)	0.037*
Tachycardia (HR >160)	6 (4.1%)	2 (3.8%)	0.963
Tachypnea (RR >60)	124 (100%)	76 (100%)	1.000
Abnormal temperature	8 (5.4%)	0 (0%)	0.226

CUS cranial ultrasound, GMH germinal matrix hemorrhage, IVH intra-ventricular hemorrhage, PIH pregnancy induced hypertension, APH ante-partum hemorrhage, GDM gestational diabetes mellitus, PVL periventricular leukomalacia, HCP hydrocephalus
*indicates significant p-values

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