Utility of performing routine head ultrasounds in preterm infants with gestational age 3034 weeks

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-119

  Bhat, Vishwanath ^a   Karam, Michelle ^a   Saslow, Judy ^a   Taylor, Heidi ^a   Pyon, Kee ^a   Kemble, Nicole ^a   Stahl, Gary ^a   Goodman, Michael ^a   Aghai, Zubair H ^a  

^a Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraventricular hemorrhage; Periventricular leucomalacia; Prematurity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84855650349     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.557755     Document Type: Article

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