title: Prothrombin and intraventricular haemorrhage.
abstract: In the study by Salonvaara et al., low prothrombin activity in preterm infants was associated with intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH). The interesting research question-do preterm infants who develop IVH have underlying coagulation disturbance?-could not be answered in this study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The association needs further investigation. The role of prothrombin in perinatal brain damage in the development of IVH and of white matter damage has to be further elucidated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. vineta.fellman@pdi.lu.se
authors.forename: Vineta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fellman
mesh_terms: D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D011516:Prothrombin / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011516:Prothrombin