title: Intraventricular haemorrhage in premature infants: a study from Oman.
abstract: In a prospective study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, 95 premature infants with birthweights equal or less than 1500 g were screened for intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) using cranial ultrasound. Nineteen (20 per cent) were found to have developed IVH. Eight out of fourteen variables studied showed a significant difference between infants who did and those who did not develop IVH. These variables were Apgar score at 1 and 5 min, mechanical ventilation (IPPV), blood transfusion, receiving boluses of sodium bicarbonate for correction of metabolic acidosis, the degree of acidosis, the degree, and duration of hypercarbia (CO2 > 8 kPa).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bassiouny
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Remo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Remo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lapitan
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis; D001034:Apgar Score; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D009850:Oman / Q000453:epidemiology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015996:Survival Rate; D014463:Ultrasonography