Objective To describe the trend and risk factors for severe intraventricular haemorrhage
(IVH) among infants< 32 weeks gestation. Design Population-based cohort study. Setting …

Introduction Neurodevelopmental outcome in prematures who suffer from a neonatal brain
injury depends on the lesion itself, and on how the lesion interferes with the still developing …

Objective To characterize the prevalence of exchange transfusion (ET), clinical
characteristics of infants receiving ET, and ET-associated morbidity and mortality. Study …

METHODS: Thrombocytopenic (< 100 000 per µL) preterm neonates with hs-PDA were
enrolled and randomly allocated to the liberal and standard transfusion groups: 22 in each …

Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) results in periventricular inflammation, hypomyelination of
the white matter, and hydrocephalus in premature infants. No effective therapy exists to …

Background Intraventricular hemorrhage is a major risk factor for neurodevelopmental
disabilities in preterm infants. However, few studies have investigated how pregnancy …

Although major advances in the care of premature infants have resulted in striking
improvements in the survival of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (< 1.5 kg), enhanced …

Although chorioamnionitis (CA) is a well-known risk factor for white matter disease of
prematurity, the association with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is controversial and has …

Preterm birth, defined as birth before 37 weeks of gestation, is a major public health
concern. It affects about 10% of all newborns globally and is the main cause of infant death …

Excessive inflammatory responses are involved in secondary brain injury during germinal
matrix hemorrhage (GMH). The process of microglial polarization to the pro-inflammatory M1 …