Objectives: to determine the incidence of peri-intraventricular hemorrhage (PIVH) and the risk factors in newborns weighing <1,500 g and/or gestational age <33 weeks. Methods: a prospective cohort ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS A recent report has highlighted the decreasing prevalence in recent years of severe intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) in very low birthweight (VLBW) infants (<1500 g). This study ...

Aims Extremely premature infants are at higher risk for intracranial ischaemic and haemorrhagic injuries, which often occur in the first 72 hours after birth. 1 Intraventricular haemorrhages (IVHs) ...

Objectives Comorbidity in traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been recognised to alter the clinical course of patients and influence short-term and long-term outcomes. We synthesised the evidence on the ...

Results 2756 patients were included. Demographic, clinical and radiological factors associated with lower EQ-5D utility score were age, randomisation outside of China, antithrombotic use, high ...

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Analyses were performed with Revman V.5. Main outcome measures Death in hospital, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), retinopathy of prematurity >grade 2 (ROP), intraventricular haemorrhage >grade 2 ...

Matching was achieved in 36 cases. Neonates from case pregnancies showed no increase in necrotising enterocolitis, intraventricular haemorrhage, pneumo-thorax, neonatal death or bronchopulmonary ...

Despite improvements in neuroblastoma treatment, survival figures lag behind those of many other childhood malignancies. New ...

Lenmed Mooimed Private Hospital recently welcomed Dr. Fazleh Taleb, Potchefstroom’s first permanent Neurosurgeon to the team.

To prevent irreversible organ damage, an infant with early-onset Pompe’s disease was treated in utero; early data suggest improved outcomes and safety of this approach. In a first-in-human study ...