@article{ref1,
title="Children sustaining a severe acquired brain lesion before age 3 years: a follow-up study at 1 year from insult",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2019",
author="Recla, Monica and Galbiati, Susanna and Pastore, Valentina and Colombo, Katia and Bardoni, Alessandra and Formica, Francesca and Strazzer, Sandra",
volume="33",
number="2",
pages="160-167",
abstract="PURPOSE: To describe the functional and cognitive outcome of acquired brain injury of different aetiologies in children before age 3 years, at initial hospitalization and at a 1-year follow-up, after a rehabilitation programme. <br><br>METHOD: Data were collected at 6 months and at 12 months from the event; cognitive data were collected as soon as possible at T1. The full sample was divided into three groups according to aetiology. <br><br>RESULTS: At T0, 74 patients showed so severe a cognitive impairment that they could not be evaluated, others presented with motor, linguistic and cognitive deficits. At T1, the proportion of non-evaluable patients decreased to 58 children. Patients with anoxic lesions showed the most unfavourable motor and visual outcome; patients with infectious lesions showed most frequently a motor global delay. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: At 1 year from insult about 50% of patients could undergo a cognitive evaluation. Improvement differed according to aetiology.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.1080/02699052.2018.1539763",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2018.1539763"
}