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Cranial Untrasound Screening of Low Birth Weight Infants
Cranial ultrasound examination was performed on 91 low birth weight infants to determine the occurence of cerebral hemorrhage with or without ventriculomegaly. In very low birth weight infants cerebral hermorrhage was found in 35 percent, while the hemorrhage plus ventriculomegaly was found in 18 percent of the infants. In all low birth weight infants cerebral hemorrhage was found in 17 percent, while hemorrhage plus ventriculomegaly was found in 8 percent of the infants. In dysmature infants, cerebral hemorrhage was found in 10 percent. Severe asphyxia was associated with hemorrhage or hemorrhage plus ventriculomegaly, where the incidence was 45 percent and 17 percent, espectively.
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