The Causation of Cerebral Palsy is Evolving
dc.contributor.author | Murphy, JFA | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-03T09:09:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-03T09:09:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-02 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/621093 | |
dc.description | During the past year the leading American paediatric neurologist, Karin B. Nelson, has written two seminal articles1,2 on the causation of cerebral palsy. Her primary conclusion is that electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) has not reduced the rates of cerebral palsy. One graph illustration1 shows that over the period 1980 – 2009 the rates of cerebral palsy remained unchanged 2 per 1000 births despite the caesarean section increasing to over 30% (fivefold rise). Cerebral palsy is an important cause of physical disability in children and is commonly accompanied by cognitive deficits and epilepsy. The expectation was that within a short period of time the application of EFM monitoring would virtually eliminate cerebral palsy Nelson states that the current hypothesis on the causation of cerebral palsy is blinkered and that a new approach is needed. The challenge is how to recalibrate our current hypotheses in order that better preventive measures and therapies can be produced. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Irish Medical Journal | en |
dc.subject | CEREBRAL PALSY | en |
dc.subject | CHILDREN | en |
dc.title | The Causation of Cerebral Palsy is Evolving | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Irish Medical Journal | en |