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Intracranial pressure and cerebral arterial pulsatile flow measurements in neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage

  • Henrietta S. Bada
  • , John E. Miller
  • , James A. Menke
  • , Thomas G. Menten
  • , Mohammed Bashiru
  • , David Binstadt
  • , David S. Sumner
  • , Narinder N. Khanna

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Abstract

We examined the clinical significance of noninvasive intracranial pressure measurements and pulsatility indices in 74 infants with confirmed IC-IVH. The intracranial pressure measurements were obtained using the applanation principle, and the pulsatility indices were calculated from the Doppler flow velocity tracings of the anterior cerebral artery. Fifty-three infants (71.6%) who died had a significantly lower birth weight and gestational age than those who survived. Survival rate decreased significantly with increased intracranial pressure (P<0.0002) and increased pulsatility indices (P<0.0001). We found no significant relationship between outcome and the size of IC-IVH demonstrated by CT scan. Birth weight, intracranial pressure measurements, and cerebral arterial pulsatile flow changes appear to be major prognostic indicators in neonatal IC-IVH.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)291-296
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Pediatrics
Volume100
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1982

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
From the Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences; Division of Statistics and Measurements, and Department of Pediatrics, Radiology and Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, and the High-Risk Neonatal Center. Supported in part by Southern Illinois University and Illinois Heart Association. Presented in part at the 1980 Birth Defects Conference, New York, June 9 to 11, 1980. *Reprint address." Newborn Center, 853 Jefferson, 3rd floor, Memphis, TN 38163.

Funding

From the Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences; Division of Statistics and Measurements, and Department of Pediatrics, Radiology and Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, and the High-Risk Neonatal Center. Supported in part by Southern Illinois University and Illinois Heart Association. Presented in part at the 1980 Birth Defects Conference, New York, June 9 to 11, 1980. *Reprint address." Newborn Center, 853 Jefferson, 3rd floor, Memphis, TN 38163.

Funders
Illinois Heart Association
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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