Correlation between CT manifestations and clinical grading of brain injury in children with HIE
Aim To explore the correlation between CT manifestations and clinical grading of brain injury in children with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy(HIE).Methods A total of 86 children with HIE were retrospectively collected.The differ-ences between CT grading and clinical grading were analyzed.CT value,scores of Apgar and neonatal behavioral neurological assess-ment(NBNA)were compared among children with different clinical grading and intracranial hemorrhage situations.The correlation between clinical grading and CT value,intracranial hemorrhage,Apgar score,NBNA score was analyzed.Results The proportion of mild clinical grading was higher than that of mild CT grading(P<0.05).CT value,Apgar and NBNA scores in severe clinical grading group were lower than those in mild group,and were lower in intracranial hemorrhage group than non-hemorrhage group(P<0.05).Clinical grading was positively correlated with intracranial hemorrhage,but negatively correlated with CT value,Apgar and NBNA scores(P<0.05).Conclusion The clinical grading of brain injury is negatively correlated with CT value,but posi-tively correlated with intracranial hemorrhage in HIE children.CT examination is of important guidance value in determining the se-verity of neonatal HIE.