Table 1

Clinical details and ultrasound diagnoses of infants studied

Group	Infant	Gestational age	Birth weight SDS	Diagnosis	Inotropes	Clinical outcome	Cranial ultrasound diagnosis, with day haemorrhage first noted
1	1	24	1.29	Mild HMD	No	No major problems	Normal
	2	28	0.50	PROM, mild HMD	No	No major problems	Normal
	3	25	−0.07	HMD	No	No major problems	Normal
	4	29	−1.34	Triplet I	No	No major problems	Normal
	5	27	−0.42	Twin I	Dopamine at 10 μg/kg/min	No major problems	Normal
	6	27	−0.38	HMD	No	No major problems	Normal
	7	24	−1.07	HMD	No	No major problems	Normal
	8	28	−0.84	Severe HMD and PIE	No	Mild spastic diplegia	Normal
	9	24	−0.48	Severe HMD and PIE	No	Died day 5, PIE	Normal
	10	25	−1.07	HMD	No	No major problems	Normal
	11	26	1.29	Severe HMD	No	No major problems	Normal
	12	28	−0.97	Mild HMD	No	No major problems	Normal
	13	28	−0.91	Mild HMD	No	No major problems	Normal
	14	31	−0.13	Moderate HMD	No	Emigrated, no follow-up	Normal
	15	30	0.57	Mild HMD	No	No major problems	Normal
	16	27	−0.94	Maternal PIH, mild HMD	No	No major problems	Normal
	17	25	1.33	Maternal streptococcal chorioamnionitis	No	No major problems	No haemorrhage, late small periventricular cyst
2	18	25	0.35	Maternal candidiasis, mild HMD	No	No major problems	Left GLH, right small IVH day 1
	19	26	−0.58	Maternal PIH, mild HMD	No	No major problems	Right GLH day 2
3	20	29	0.68	Twin 2, mild HMD	No	Diplegia, esotropia	Bilateral large IVH with PHD day 2
	21	26	−0.44	Severe HMD and PIE	No	Hemiplegia, developmental delay Convulsions	Left HPI, leading to porencephalic cyst Right small IVH day 2
	22	27	0.72	HMD	No	Hemiplegia, asthma	Left HPI, leading to porencephalic cyst Right large IVH day 1
	23	24	−0.14	Twin 1, HMD	No	Developmental delay	Left HPI and right large IVH, PHD day 2
	24	24	0.04	Twin 2, severe HMD, renal failure	Dopamine, dobutamine	Died day 5	Left large IVH, right HPI, PHD day 3

Abbreviations: HMD, hyaline membrane disease; PIE, pulmonary interstitial emphysema.