RESUMO
This study included 30 infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy [HIE] and 15 infants not exposed to hypoxic insult as a control group. Cases with HIE were classified according to Sarnat and Sarnat [1976] into GI [involved 15 cases], GII [involved 9 cases] and GIII [involved 6 cases]. Cranial Doppler coded color ultrasonography was done to all cases and the control group at the first week of life without sedation and followed up for six months. The ultrasound studies were reviewed with a specific attention to the size of the vessels of color Doppler mapped echo, size of the ventricles, the presence and extend of the parenchyma abnormalities and the presence and degree of intraventricular hemorrhage. The study concluded that cranial ultrasonic abnormalities can be used as a predictive of neurological outcome of infants with HIE. The long-term follow up of neurological and behavioral assessment until school age and adolescent is necessary