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. 2019 Oct 1;173(10):989-991.
doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.2672.

Identification of Children With High-Intensity Neurological Impairment

Joanna E Thomson  1   2 , James A Feinstein  3 , Matt Hall  4 , James C Gay  5 , Breann Butts  6 , Jay G Berry  7
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Identification of Children With High-Intensity Neurological Impairment

Joanna E Thomson et al. JAMA Pediatr. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study describes and evaluates the effectiveness of a refined coding system for distinguishing children with high-intensity neurological impairment from those with lower-intensity neurological conditions.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Frequencies of High-Intensity Neurological Impairment (HI-NI) Diagnostic Categories
The most common diagnosis within each HI-NI diagnostic category and the relative percentage of patients within that category are as follows. Epilepsy (29.7%), including unspecified, not intractable, and without status epilepticus; static (31.6%), including cerebral palsy and unspecified; anatomic (9.4%), including hydrocephalus and unspecified; peripheral (10.2%), including quadriplegia and unspecified; genetic (45.6%), including Down syndrome and unspecified; metabolic (19.9%), including lipoprotein deficiency; progressive or movement (22.8%), including cerebral infarction; and stroke or hemorrhage (15.4%), including extrapyramidal and movement disorder and unspecified.
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