Active treatment of hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm infants within the first 2 weeks of ...

Main outcome measures Survival without neurodevelopmental impairment, survival, severe intraventricular haemorrhage and periventricular leukomalacia (infants ... 2 with a dedicated treatment guideline ...

and periventricular leukomalacia (PVL). Results Eleven trials evaluating distinct adverse outcomes in preterm infants were incorporated. Of these, nine trials assessing enteral DHA supplementation ...

Brain injury in the premature infant is a problem of enormous importance. Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) is the major neuropathologic form of this brain injury and underlies most of the ...

These included perinatal mortality up to 28 days postpartum, which included bronchopulmonary dysplasia, periventricular leukomalacia ... used off-label to prevent premature labor.

Premature infants are at risk for intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), theorized to be a result from fluctuations in cerebral blood flow. Monitoring cerebral ...

Periventricular leukomalacia is a type of brain injury ... With rising survival rates of premature infants, more and more children are being diagnosed with PVL each year. In fact, PVL may affect ...

Intervention Preterm neonates were randomly assigned to either ... Cerebral injury was defined as any intraventricular haemorrhage or cystic periventricular leukomalacia, or both, at term equivalent ...

A neuroradiologist blinded to the participants’ preterm status examined the pictures for ... with extremely low birth weight than in siblings (37% vs. 13%). Periventricular leukomalacia was the most ...

The preterm infant's brain is both susceptible and vulnerable ... including both echodensities and echolucencies (cystic periventricular leukomalacia or porencephaly); (d) diagnosis of cerebellar ...

Though it's most common in premature babies ... around the time of delivery can increase a baby's risk for periventricular leukomalacia. Signs of PVL include trouble with vision, difficulty ...