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Original Research
Neonatal complications and risk of intra ventricular - periventricular hemorrhage
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From the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Parma, University School of Medicine
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 1992, 19(4), 253–258;
Published: 10 December 1992
Abstract
We have prospectively studied 117 premature infants ≤ 1500 gm (VLBW) to assess the relationship between maternal, obstetric, fetal and newborn complications and the grade of periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage (PVH-IVH). PVH-IVH was documented by cranial ultrasonography in 41% of surviving neonates. 83% of infants with PVH-IVH grade I-II survived as compared to the 39% of infants with PVH-IVH grade III-IV (p < 0.001). Maternal and obstetric complications were not associated with PVH-IVH (NS). Newborn respiratory complications (p < 0.004) and major infections (p < 0.02) are independent variables associated with PVH-IVH. Immaturity at delivery, metabolic acidosis, respiratory distress syndrome and recurrent apnea are important mechanisms of cerebral injury contributing to severity of PVH-IVH.
Keywords
Neonatal complications
Ventricular hemorrhage