INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE IN PREMATURE-INFANTS - A STUDY FROM OMAN

In a prospective study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, 95 premat ure infants with birthweights equal or less than 1500g were screened f or intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) using cranial ultrasound. Ninete en (20 per cent) were found to have developed IVH. Eight out of fourte en variables studied showed a significant difference between infants w ho did and those who did not develop IVH. These variables were Apgar s core at 1 and 5 min, mechanical ventilation (IPPV), blood transfusion, receiving boluses of sodium bicarbonate for correction of metabolic a cidosis, the degree of acidosis,the degree, and duration of hypercarbi a (CO2 > 8KPa).