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High-probability CP counselling — OSCE station
OSCE on early CP recognition, classification language and family counselling.
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Parents of a 5-month corrected-age preterm graduate with abnormal movement quality and low HINE scores.
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You are in neonatal follow-up. The infant is 5 months corrected age after extreme prematurity. Movement quality is abnormal. HINE is low in a trained assessment. MRI shows white-matter injury. Parents ask: “Is this cerebral palsy? How bad will it be? Should we wait?” [1] [11]
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