Predictive value of neurological evaluation of newborns

The correct management of perinatal period, timely recognition and intervention of existing and prospective problems, definition of preventive measures gives us an opportunity to avoid and reduce all possible pathologic conditions, complications and their consequences. The goal of our investigation was the evaluation of neurological assessment of the pre-term and full-term newborn infants using Dubowitz scale and establishment of relations between obtained indices and neurodevelopmental outcome in children of this cohort. It was shown that Dubowitz neurological scale for infants gives an opportunity not only to separate the norm from pathology and detect particular problems of neonatal period, but also to determine contiguous conditions and define risk-factors. The results of our investigation coincide with reference data, which confirms that children of the risk-group more frequently have problems connected with the neurological development.