Are routine cranial ultrasounds necessary in premature infants greater than 30 weeks gestation?

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-21

  Harris, N Ja'Neice ^a,b   Palacio, Diana ^b   Ginzel, Andrew ^c   Richardson, C Joan ^a   Swischuk, Leonard ^b  

^a Division of Neonatology   (United States)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Head ultrasounds; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEONATAL SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TEXAS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 33846897612     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-954960     Document Type: Article

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