A LONGITUDINAL-STUDY OF POST-HAEMORRHAGIC VENTRICULAR DILATATION IN THE NEWBORN
A LONGITUDINAL-STUDY OF POST-HAEMORRHAGIC VENTRICULAR DILATATION IN THE NEWBORN
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DOI:
10.1136/adc.56.12.905
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
STARTE, DR
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作者:
LEVENE, MI;STARTE, DR
Consecutive admissions (202) to a regional neonatal unit were scanned by real-time ultrasound. Sixty-eight (34%) infants had intracranial hemorrhage, 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 nonprogressive dilatation with no treatment (group 2), 3 had rapidly progressive hydrocephalus (group 3) and 1 had cerebral atrophy (group 4). Occipitofrontal head circumference was 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. Apparently, after intracranial hemorrhage, only a small proportion of infants develop frank hydrocephalus, but ventricular dilatation of some degree is common and may require no treatment.