Table 1

 Variation between neonatal intensive care units A–F in the reported number, quality, and completeness of the cerebral ultrasound scans

ABCDEFTotal
The values are number (%) from each neonatal intensive care unit.
Babies
    Total424244404344255
    Scans missing16 (38)13 (31)9 (20)19 (48)19 (44)21 (48)97 (38)
    Scans available26 (62)29 (69)35 (80)21 (52)24 (56)23 (52)158 (62)
Reports
    Total7887105637269474
    Incomplete10 (13)9 (10)4 (4)2 (3)68 (94)62 (90)155 (33)
    Poor quality6 (8)14 (16)16 (15)063 (85)31 (45)130 (27)
    Impossible to read (cysts)06 (7)01 (1)29 (40)1 (1)37 (8)
    Impossible to read (dilatation)02 (2)01 (1)23 (32)026 (5)