RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F72
OP F74
DO 10.1136/fn.86.2.F72
VO 86
IS 2
A1 A Whitelaw
A1 M Thoresen
A1 I Pople
YR 2002
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/86/2/F72.1.abstract
AB Posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation is the most serious direct complication of intraventricular haemorrhage after preterm birth. It results initially from multiple small blood clots throughout the cerebrospinal fluid channels impeding circulation and reabsorption. Management is difficult and new treatment approaches are needed.