Early Vital Sign Differences in Very Low Birth Weight Infants with Severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

 Severe intraventricular hemorrhage (sIVH, grades 3 and 4) is a serious complication for very low birth weight (VLBW) infants and is often clinically silent requiring screening cranial ultrasound (cUS) for detection. Abnormal vital sign (VS) patterns might serve as biomarkers to identify risk or occurrence of sIVH.

Study design

 This retrospective study was conducted in VLBW infants admitted to two level-IV neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) between January 2009 and December 2018. Inclusion criteria were: birth weight <1.5 kg and gestational age (GA) <32 weeks, at least 12 hours of systemic oxygen saturation from pulse oximetry (SpO₂) data over the first 24 hours and cUS imaging. Infants were categorized as early sIVH (sIVH identified in the first 48 

SUBMITTER: Zanelli SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9188354 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature