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 ...

Thalamic abnormalities have been well documented in preterms with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), although their contribution to long-term cognitive dysfunctions has not been thoroughly ...

Chronic lung disease and severe intraventricular hemorrhage or periventricular leukomalacia in premature infants are associated with abnormal neurodevelopmental outcomes. In a previous randomized ...

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 ...

Diffuse periventricular leukomalacia (PVL ... what are the optimal indications for rEpo treatment for preterm infants, and what is the optimal dosage, timing and duration? These questions are ...

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

Accordingly, all premature infants who were less than ... hemorrhage (defined by a Papile grade of III or IV 10) and periventricular leukomalacia. 11 Pulmonary hemorrhage was defined as clinically ...

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 ...

Doctors consider a baby premature when they’re born before 37 weeks of gestation. Some babies born close to 37 weeks may not experience any noticeable side effects, but others can have symptoms ...

A drug commonly used to halt premature labor may be associated ... between use of indomethacin and babies experiencing periventricular leukomalacia (white matter injury by decreasing blood flow ...