title: [Ultrasound morphologic changes in periventricular leukomalacia].
abstract: Therapeutic advances in neonatology cause fewer hypoxic conditions. In relation with this we observe fewer high grade brain haemorrhages. Therefore, ischemical brain changes through brain oedema (12%) and resulting colliquation necroses become the focal point of diagnostic and therapeutic work. 7.3% of intensively treated neonates showed the sonographic picture of a periventricular leucomalacy (PVL). The polycystic areas can be seen on the eight day after birth at the earliest and at six months they turn into a glia scar which is not very obvious on the sonograph. We found a relation between beta-mimetic tocolysis, hypocapnia and the development of a PVL. We were not able to prove statistically a connection with premature birth.
authors.affiliation: Universitätskinderklinik Halle.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hetschko
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jess
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D004453:Echoencephalography; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007969:Leukomalacia, Periventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D015145:Tocolysis
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide
vernacular_title: Sonomorphologische Veränderungen bei periventrikulärer Leukomalazie.