Intracranial Hemorrhage in the Preterm Infant: Understanding It, Preventing It

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 737-762

  Bassan, Haim ^a  

^a Dana Children's Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cerebellar hemorrhage; Genetic; Germinal matrix; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Periventricular hemorrhagic infarction; Posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus; Prematurity; Terminal vein

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ADRENOMEDULLIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANTITHROMBIN III; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13 CONCENTRATE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; CELECOXIB; CORTICOSTEROID; ETAMSYLATE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PANCURONIUM; PHENOBARBITAL; PROCOAGULANT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UROKINASE; VASCULOTROPIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 70450285603     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2009.07.014     Document Type: Review

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