Early high risk of cerebral palsy classification is predictive of cerebral palsy at 2 years: an implementation cohort study

Abstract

Objective To determine the predictive accuracy of an early high risk of cerebral palsy (CP) classification for CP diagnosed by 2 years’ corrected age within an implementation study of international clinical CP guidelines. Design Implementation cohort study. Setting Eleven Australian neonatal intensive care units. Patients 453 infants born 2019–21 <28 weeks’ gestation, or ≥28 weeks with other newborn-detectable risk factors for CP. Interventions Implementation included providing professional development for clinicians, technology (smartphone app) and health network peer support. Infants were classified as high risk of CP if they had abnormal findings on at least two of the following three ass..