Risk Factors of Germinal Matrix Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Premature Infants

Yeliz Pekcevik; Aynur  Pasinli; Esra Arun Ozer; Nuri Erdogan

IJ Pediatrics

The Scientific Journal of Growth & Development Research Center

Outlines

Abstract
References
Copyright

Risk Factors of Germinal Matrix Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Premature Infants

Author(s):

Yeliz Pekcevik^1,*,

Aynur Pasinli²,

Esra Arun Ozer³,

Nuri Erdogan⁴

IJ Pediatrics:Vol. 24, issue 2; 191-197

Published online:Jan 29, 2014

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jun 14, 2013

Accepted:Jan 10, 2014

How to Cite:Yeliz PekcevikAynur PasinliEsra Arun OzerNuri ErdoganRisk Factors of Germinal Matrix Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Premature Infants.Iran J Pediatr.24(2):191-197.

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether some clinical parameters can be used to predict the hemorrhage and whether the relationship between these clinical variables and the grades of hemorrhage is linear. Methods: A total of 230 premature infants, born at a gestational age less than 34 weeks were retrospectively reviewed. Germinal matrix-intraventricular hemorrhage (GM-IVH), the grade of the hemorrhage, and clinical data were assessed with a checklist. Variables were analyzed by using Mann Whitney U and Fisher's exact tests and then multiple logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the independent risk factors. Findings: Resuscitation, gestational age, hypotension, multiple birth, and birth weight were found to be independent risk factors. We determined non-linear relationship between the grades of hemorrhage and the clinical parameters. But when we classified hemorrhages as grade 1, grade 2-3 and grade 4, the relationships were found linear. Conclusion: Premature infants who had resuscitation, low gestational age, hypotension, multiple birth, and low birth weight are more likely to have GM-IVH. The relationship between the clinical variables and the grades of GM-IVH does not seem to be linear.

Keywords

Fulltext

Click here to download PDF.

References

1.
References are available on the PDF.

comments