Postnatal phenobarbital for the prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Whitelaw, Andrew ^a   Odd, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage *prevention control ; Cerebral ventricles; Excitatory amino acid antagonists *therapeutic use ; Infant, newborn; Infant, premature; Infant, premature, diseases *prevention control

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ACIDOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOTENSION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 44949237062     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001691.pub2     Document Type: Review

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