Impact of the Use of the Beanie on the Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants With Plagiocephaly: A Pilot Study

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Noormah MehmoodEuming Chong

Abstract

Background Deformational plagiocephaly (DP) is the abnormal flattening of the skull. Infants with DP have been found to have abnormal brain shape and asymmetry associated with worse neurodevelopmental outcomes on the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-III (BSID-III) compared to those without DP. In 2009, the FDA approved a repositioning Beanie, the TortleTM (Tortle Products LLC, Greenwood Village, CO), for the prevention of flat head syndrome.  Purpose Our goal was to assess the impact of the use of the Beanie on the neurodevelopment of preterm infants with DP admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using the BSID-III. Methods Subjects were identified using a retrospective chart review of infants during January 2013-2017. Infants of less than 32 weeks of gestational age, under 1500 g birth weight, and attending the high-risk follow-up clinic were included in the study. Neurodevelopmental assessment of patients' cognition, language, motor development using the BSID-III was performed at the 12-month and 24-month follow-up visits. The BSID-III scores for patients who used the Beanie were compared to those who did not. Results A total of 207 patients met the inclusion criteria. The gestational age ranged fr...Continue Reading

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