Premium
DETECTION OF INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE (IVH) BY TRANSCEPHALIC IMPEDANCE (TCZ) IN PREMATURE INFANTS
Author(s) -
GRÖGAARD JENS B.,
STAHLMAN MILDRED T.,
COTTON ROBERT B.,
COULAM CRAIG M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1982.tb09437.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intraventricular hemorrhage , hydrocephalus , head circumference , autopsy , pediatrics , anesthesia , birth weight , surgery , pregnancy , gestational age , biology , genetics
. Transcephalic impedance was measured serially in 45 preterm infants <1500 g birth weight in order to test the method for the early detection of intraventricular hemorrhage. TCZ increased in all seventeen (38%) infants who developed IVH diagnosed by CT‐scan or autopsy. Five of 8 infants monitored 4‐8 weeks following confirmed IVH developed hydrocephalus documented by repeat CT‐scans; all 5 were discovered early by the TCZ‐method 2‐3 weeks before physical findings or an increasing head circumference indicated the possibility of hydrocephalus. TCZ appears to be a useful non‐invasive clinical guide to the occurrence and course of IVH in the newborn.