Interdisciplinary Approaches to Medicine (Dec 2020)
ROLE OF VARIOUS RISK FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFANTILE CEREBRAL PALSY
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to establish the role of various risk factors in the develop- ment of cerebral palsy in children, through a retrospective study of 150 children with cerebral palsy (main group) and 150 healthy children (control group). The vast majority of children 88,0% had vary- ing degree psychological and speech delay. 50.7% of children in the control group were found to have had respiratory infections up to 6 times a year. 95.3% of children with cerebral palsy were sick up to 6 times a year. No children were found to be incidentally ill in the main group vs. 43.3% of such children in the control group. The following factors were found to contribute to the development of infantile cerebral palsy syndrome: hyperbilirubinemia, 33.8%, head and cervical spine injuries, 15.2%, severe infections with septic condition, 11.7% of cases. The identification of risk factors is also very impor- tant in the early rehabilitation of children at high risk of developing cerebral palsy.