Evaluation of Neonatal Intracranial Hemorrhage by Computerized Tomography

K. S. Krishnamoorthy; Rosamary Fernandez; Kimito Momose; G. R. DeLong; Fergus M. B. Moylan; I. David Todres; Daniel C. Shannon

doi:10.1542/peds.59.2.165

Abstract

Computerized tomographic (CT) brain scan was performed on 28 infants with unexplained cardiorespiratory and neurologic deterioration and bloody lumbar cerebrospinal spinal fluid. Fourteen of 20 with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) died; the six infants with lesser degrees of IVH survived. Significant subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) was demonstrable in three infants and three had negative scans despite bloody CSF. We have found that CT scans provide useful information about the size and extent of neonatal IVH and distinguishes it from SAH. It also confirms the diagnosis of post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus in these infants. Continued use of the CT scan will help us to understand the natural history and the effects of neonatal intracranial hemorrhage among the survivors of intensive care.

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MedicineTomographyIntracranial HemorrhagesRadiologySubarachnoid hemorrhageSurgery

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Year: 1977
Type: article
Volume: 59
Issue: 2
Pages: 165-172
Citations: 96
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                                    K. S. Krishnamoorthy, 
                                
                                    Rosamary Fernandez, 
                                
                                    Kimito Momose
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1977). 
                            Evaluation of Neonatal Intracranial Hemorrhage by Computerized Tomography. 
                            PEDIATRICS
                            , 59
                            (2)
                            , 165-172.
                            https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.59.2.165
                        

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DOI: 10.1542/peds.59.2.165