Cerebral intraventricular hemorrhages in infants: a widening age spectrum.
Cerebral intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), a problem widely recognized in premature infants, was found in six older infants, ages 2 weeks to 3 months. IVH was often initially misdiagnosed as subarachnoid hemorrhage or meningits with a traumatic lumbar tap. IVH occurred primarily in infants with hypoxemia, acidosis, ischemia, and/or hypernatremia, conditions found in association with IVH in premature infants, but also occurred spontaneously. Computerized tomography scans were the most valuable diagnostic procedure for detection of IVH.
D000367:Age Factors; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000150:complications; D007022:Hypotension / Q000150:complications; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed