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[Treatment of post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus in premature infants]
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Posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in very low birth weight infants often has poor outcomes, especially after severe hemorrhages. Prevention strategies are crucial for obstetricians and neonatologists to improve infant health.
Area of Science:
- Neonatal Medicine
- Pediatric Neurology
- Medical Outcomes Research
Background:
- Posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus is a significant complication in very low birth weight infants.
- Managing this condition presents unique challenges in neonatal intensive care.
Abstract:
Our experiences in the course of illness of very low birth weight infants suffered from posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus are described. Clinical proceedings for performing of the hydrocephalus are explained, advantages and disadvantages of treatment by serial lumbal punctures, influences of drugs on the dilatation of the ventricles and the insertion of ventriculo-peritoneal shunts are discussed. The outcome was unfavourable in hydrocephalus following Grad III ore IV hemorrhage. Therefore the prevention of severe hydrocephalus must be the common sense of obstetricians and neonatologists.