Open AccessAn ultrasound protocol in premature infants with intracranial hemorrhage
Author(s) -
Gordana Velisavljev-Filipović
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0504185v
Subject(s) - medicine , hydrocephalus , ultrasound , sedation , pediatrics , surgery , radiology
Prematurity is a great health problem in our country and in the world. There are more than 11% of premature births in America annually, and in Europe this rate is between 5-10%. In Vojvodina, 9% of babies are born prematurely. Intracranial hemorrhage takes a sifnificant place in the morbidity of prematurely born children.