The relationship between perinatal variables and the risk of intracranial haemorrhage was investigated using perinatal data from 169 preterm inborn infants with a gestational age of less than 32 completed weeks who were treated between 01/01/2002 and 06/30/2006 at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Klinikum rechts der Isar of Technische Universität München. The study showed that 23.1 percent of the preterm infants exhibited mild, medium, or intense intracranial haemorrhage (ICH). The risk for ICH was inversely related to gestational age. Additional relevant risk factors within the multiple model regarding the duration of pregnancy include: uterine tenderness, a maximum oxygen demand in excess of 50 percent for at least one hour, pulmonary emphysema, an haematocrit reading exceeding 40 percent, as well as thrombocytopenia of less than 100,000/µl within the first seven days or before intracranial haemorrhage develops. The results may have an impact on the course of action taken prenatal as well as postnatal.      «

The relationship between perinatal variables and the risk of intracranial haemorrhage was investigated using perinatal data from 169 preterm inborn infants with a gestational age of less than 32 completed weeks who were treated between 01/01/2002 and 06/30/2006 at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Klinikum rechts der Isar of Technische Universität München. The study showed that 23.1 percent of the preterm infants exhibited mild, medium, or intense intracranial haemorrhage (ICH). The risk for...     »