Visual Evoked Potentials in Premature Infants.
- Author:
Sei Joo KIM
1
;
Eun Beom SONG
;
Myung Heun LEE
;
Yun Hyung PARK
;
Byung Woo LEE
;
Dong Whee KIM
;
Eun Ha LEE
;
Woo Sub KIM
;
Jin Kyung NA
;
Sang Heun LEE
;
Young Suk HONG
;
Young Jin CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Visual evoked potentials;
Postmenstrual age;
Cortical maturation
- MeSH:
Child;
Evoked Potentials, Visual*;
Eye Protective Devices;
Gestational Age;
Humans;
Infant;
Infant, Newborn;
Infant, Premature*;
Scalp;
Visual Pathways
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
1998;22(2):434-439
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Visual evoked potentials(VEPs) are the cerebral electrical activities recorded from the occipital scalp following a flash or pattern stimulation and can detect the lesions of sensory visual pathways. Although the VEPs change with the maturation of CNS in children, a few studies have documented the maturational changes in premature infants. Using the light- emitting diode goggles, VEPs were studied in 131 neurologically intact infants of 28~41 weeks gestational age or 34~59 weeks postmenstrual age. The VEPs were analysed by three waveforms; normal, abnormal, and flat, and four patterns; N300, P200-N300, P100-N155-P200-N300, and P100 pattern. Normal waveforms were 63 of 131 VEPs(48.1%). Of the normal waveforms, N300 patterns were 38.1%, P200-N300 36.5%, P100-N155-P200-N300 19.0%, and P100 6.4%. Each pattern correlated with the postmenstrual age. These findings support the hypothesis of VEP pattern changes according to the maturation of the visual system with age.
