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The purpose of this study was to determine whether infants with PBI display altered responses to acute procedural pain at 32 weeks\u2019 postconceptional age (PCA), compared with control subjects.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Methods. We compared responses to blood collection by heel lance at 32 weeks\u2019 PCA in 12 very low birth weight infants (mean [range] birth weight: 876 g [630\u20131240 g]; gestational age: 26.3 weeks (24\u201328 weeks) who had sustained PBI in the neonatal period, with 12 control subjects matched for gestational age at birth and gender (838 g [625\u2013990 g]; 26.3 weeks [24\u201328 weeks[) who had normal neonatal brain imaging. PBI was defined as cerebral parenchymal infarction (grade 4 intraventricular hemorrhage) or cystic periventricular leukomalacia on serial cranial ultrasound scans conducted in the neonatal period. Biobehavioral responses to pain were measured using facial activity (Neonatal Facial Coding System) and measures of heart rate (HR) variability (low-frequency [LF] power [0.04\u20130.15], high-frequency [HF] power [0.15\u20130.8 Hz], and LF\/HF ratio) as a measure of cardiac autonomic modulation. Neurodevelopmental follow-up was undertaken at 18 months.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results. The infants with PBI had significantly higher illness severity scores at day 1 compared with day 3 (Score of Neonatal Acute Physiology II: 32.1 vs 19.8) but similar previous pain experiences (109 vs 115) and total morphine exposure (0.29 vs 0.30 mg\/kg). Both groups of children mounted similar responses to heel lance at 32 weeks\u2019 PCA with no difference in facial response or HR variability. Mean HR and facial action scores increased from baseline to the lance, whereas LF, HF, and the LF\/HF ratio decreased significantly. No group differences were found. The only statistically significant difference between groups was that infants with PBI had more tongue protrusion at lance. Neurodevelopmental follow-up showed 8 of 11 toddlers with PBI had cerebral palsy compared with 0% of control toddlers. Psychomotor Developmental Index score on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development II was significantly lower in the PBI group. Five of 11 toddlers with PBI had Mental Developmental Index score &amp;lt;2 standard deviations below mean compared with 0% of the control toddlers.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusion. Contrary to expectations, we did not find any evidence of an altered pain response pattern in infants with proven brain injury in the neonatal period. Although most infants with PBI developed cerebral palsy, these findings suggest that cerebral injury predominantly to the central white matter leaves brainstem responses intact in the neonatal period. Furthermore, it seems that the injured brain of the preterm infant has not yet expressed the identifiable differences in pain display and the functional impairment observed at later ages.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.110.3.570","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2004,8,14]],"date-time":"2004-08-14T00:17:55Z","timestamp":1092442675000},"page":"570-576","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":55,"title":["Does Parenchymal Brain Injury Affect Biobehavioral Pain Responses in Very Low Birth Weight Infants at 32 Weeks\u2019 Postconceptional Age?"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"110","author":[{"given":"Tim F.","family":"Oberlander","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Biobehavioral Research Unit, Centre for Community Child Health Research, B.C. 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