AIM: To identify antenatal and intrapartum factors contributing to the aetiology of cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS: A case-control study using moderate/severe cases of cerebral palsy identified from the Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register and two controls per case identified through the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection Unit. RESULTS: A number of previously identified risk factors for CP were confirmed in our data. New observations were (in specific sub-groups): protective effects of mother's negative Rhesus status, cigarette smoking at the first visit and episiotomy and an increased risk of CP associated with an abnormal antenatal cardiotocograph. CONCLUSIONS: Although the result of the deliberate investigation of specific aspects of the antenatal and intrapartum period identified from a pilot study, our new findings must be interpreted with caution as they were not all based on specific a priori hypotheses, although some had been examined by other investigators. We would encourage their evaluation in other data sets.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Walstab2002a
%A Walstab, Janet
%A Bell, Robin
%A Reddihough, Dinah
%A Brennecke, Shaun
%A Bessell, Christine
%A Beischer, Norman
%D 2002
%J Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol
%K Adult; Analysis of Variance; Case-Control Studies; Cerebral Palsy; Cohort Confidence Intervals; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Premature; Logistic Models; Maternal Age; Middle Aged; Obstetric Labor Complications; Pilot Projects; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Pregnancy, Multiple; Prenatal Care; Probability; Reference Values; Risk Assessment; Factors; Smoking; Victoria
%N 2
%P 138--146
%T Antenatal and intrapartum antecedents of cerebral palsy: a case-control study.
%V 42
%X AIM: To identify antenatal and intrapartum factors contributing to the aetiology of cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS: A case-control study using moderate/severe cases of cerebral palsy identified from the Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register and two controls per case identified through the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection Unit. RESULTS: A number of previously identified risk factors for CP were confirmed in our data. New observations were (in specific sub-groups): protective effects of mother's negative Rhesus status, cigarette smoking at the first visit and episiotomy and an increased risk of CP associated with an abnormal antenatal cardiotocograph. CONCLUSIONS: Although the result of the deliberate investigation of specific aspects of the antenatal and intrapartum period identified from a pilot study, our new findings must be interpreted with caution as they were not all based on specific a priori hypotheses, although some had been examined by other investigators. We would encourage their evaluation in other data sets.
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abstract = {AIM: To identify antenatal and intrapartum factors contributing to the aetiology of cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS: A case-control study using moderate/severe cases of cerebral palsy identified from the Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register and two controls per case identified through the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection Unit. RESULTS: A number of previously identified risk factors for CP were confirmed in our data. New observations were (in specific sub-groups): protective effects of mother's negative Rhesus status, cigarette smoking at the first visit and episiotomy and an increased risk of CP associated with an abnormal antenatal cardiotocograph. CONCLUSIONS: Although the result of the deliberate investigation of specific aspects of the antenatal and intrapartum period identified from a pilot study, our new findings must be interpreted with caution as they were not all based on specific a priori hypotheses, although some had been examined by other investigators. We would encourage their evaluation in other data sets.},
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author = {Walstab, Janet and Bell, Robin and Reddihough, Dinah and Brennecke, Shaun and Bessell, Christine and Beischer, Norman},
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keywords = {Adult; Analysis of Variance; Case-Control Studies; Cerebral Palsy; Cohort Confidence Intervals; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Premature; Logistic Models; Maternal Age; Middle Aged; Obstetric Labor Complications; Pilot Projects; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Pregnancy, Multiple; Prenatal Care; Probability; Reference Values; Risk Assessment; Factors; Smoking; Victoria},
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title = {Antenatal and intrapartum antecedents of cerebral palsy: a case-control study.},
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