Premature babies are particularly likely to bleed into the ventricles because of their anatomy and physiology. Anatomically, the brain in mid-gestation is still producing glial cells in the germinal matrix under the ventricular ependyma. These cells will migrate outwards towards the cortex. As the ...
Premature birth:Premature babies are more susceptible to intraventricular hemorrhage, a condition marked by bleeding within the brain’s ventricles. Problems in the womb:Uterine infections during pregnancy makes fetuses more prone to hydrocephalus. Head injuries:Traumatic head injuries can cause the brain ...
Intraventricular hemorrhage and hydrocephalus in premature newborns: a prospective study with CT. In a prospective study, 100 premature infants were studied with computed tomography (CT) brain scans within the first week of life. In 44 of these,hemorrha... J Burstein,L Papile,R Burstein - 《...
Hydrocephalus is most common in infancy secondary to congenital malformations and from intraventricular hemorrhage in premature babies. Late in life, it presents another peak due to NPH cases. The overall global prevalence of hydrocephalus is approximately 85 per 100,000 individuals with a significant d...
particularly for posthemorrhagichydrocephalusin premature infants and as serial imaging in follow-up. Ventricular width measured from the midline to the lateral border of the lateral ventricle in the midcoronal view is the measurement with the least interobserver variability, and centiles for gestational...
Posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH) is a rare but serious outcome among premature babies in the NICU, with consequences including mortality and severe neurodevelopmental disabilities. The causes of PHH are still not entirely understood, and its prevention and treatment are controversial. Various cerebrosp...
[21,24,25,−26]. Premature infants are particularly susceptible to IVH. Indeed, the risk of IVH is inversely related to gestational age and corresponds with the development and subsequent decline of the germinal matrix. By gestational week 37, the germinal matrix is nearly absent during normal...
2. Management of post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus in premature infants 3. Endoscopic computer-assisted electromagnetic navigation and ultrasonography as technical adjuvants for shunt placement 4. Cerebrospinal fluid shunt or endoscopic third ventriculostomy for the treatment of hydrocephalus in children ...
METHOD OF PREDICTING FORMATION OF OCCLUSIVE POST-HAEMORRHAGIC HYDROCEPHALUS IN PREMATURE BABIES WITH EXTREMELY LOW BODY WEIGHT AT BIRTHFIELD: medicine.;SUBSTANCE: in a premature baby the concentration of neuron-specific enolase (NSE), concentration of a brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), ...
Understanding the unique biomechanics of hydrocephalus beginning very early in life is essential to explain two poorly understood and controversial issues. The first is why is endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) less likely to be successful in premature babies and in infants? The second relates to...