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A longitudinal study of post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation in the newborn.

Archives of disease in childhood ·Vol. 56 ·No. 12 ·1981-12-00 ·Pages 905-10

Levene MI, Starte DR

Abstract

Two hundred and two consecutive admissions to a regional neonatal unit were scanned by real-time ultrasound. Sixty-eight (34%) infants had intracranial haemorrhage, 39 (57%) of whom were scanned repeatedly until they were at least 30 days old. Fifteen infants showed some degree of ventricular dilatation. Four had transient dilatation with complete recovery without any form of treatment (group 1), 7 showed persistent but non-progressive dilatation with no treatment (group 2), 3 had rapidly progressive hydrocephalus (group 3), and 1 had cerebral atrophy (group 4). Occipitofrontal head circumference was also followed sequentially from birth and was not abnormal in groups 1 and 2, but abnormal rates of head growth were seen in groups 3 and 4. It is concluded that after intracranial haemorrhage only a small proportion of infants develop frank hydrocephalus, but ventricular dilatation of some degree is common and may require no treatment.

MeSH Terms
Atrophy Brain/pathology Cerebral Hemorrhage/complications Gestational Age Head/growth & development Humans Hydrocephalus/diagnosis,etiology Infant, Newborn Infant, Newborn, Diseases Longitudinal Studies Ultrasonography
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Levene M I
Starte D R
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Article Info
Journal
Archives of disease in childhood
Abbr.
Arch Dis Child
ISSN
1468-2044
DOI
10.1136/adc.56.12.905
Published
1981-12-00
Pages
905-10
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0372434
PMCID
PMC1627500
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1136/adc.56.12.905 PMC Full Text View journal details
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