RESUMO

We studied the clinical aspcets of 100 consecutive premature newborns with and without intraventricular and periventricular hemorrhage (IPVH). The diagnosis of IPVH was obtained by ultrasonic scans of the skull during the first week of life and at the age of one month. Forty eight percent of newborns with IPVH had abnormal results, and there was a significant correlation with the neurological evaluation in 85 per cent of the infants. The probability of normality for a child with no associated brain abnormalities was 72 per cent, whereas for a child of the same gestational age with associated brain abnormalities was 48.7 per cent

Assuntos

Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Hemorragia Cerebral/fisiopatologia , Hemorragia Cerebral , Idade Gestacional , Recém-Nascido Prematuro , Exame Neurológico