Abstract
Preterm infants who develop posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD) have a high risk of cognitive and motor disability. No clinical intervention has been proven to reduce neurodevelopmental disability in such infants. We investigated whether drainage, irrigation, and fibrinolytic therapy (DRIFT), which aims to lower pressure, distortion, free iron, and cytokines, reduces death or severe disability in PHVD.
Translated title of the contribution | Randomized Trial of Drainage, Irrigation and Fibrinolytic Therapy for Premature Infants with Post-Hemmorrhagic Ventricular Dilatation : Developmental outcome at 2 years |
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Original language | English |
Pages (from-to) | 852 - 858 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Pediatrics |
Volume | 125 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Other: On line publicationKeywords
- Thrombolytic Therapy
- Developmental Disabilities
- Ventricular Dysfunction
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
- Therapeutic Irrigation
- Dilatation, Pathologic
- Drainage
- Humans
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Premature, Diseases
- Infant, Premature
- Treatment Outcome
- Female
- Male