PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Grace Y Lai AU - Nathan Shlobin AU - Roxanna M Garcia AU - Annie Wescott AU - Abhaya V Kulkarni AU - James Drake AU - Maria LV Dizon AU - Sandi K Lam TI - Global incidence proportion of intraventricular haemorrhage of prematurity: a meta-analysis of studies published 2010–2020 AID - 10.1136/archdischild-2021-322634 DP - 2022 Sep 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition PG - 513--519 VI - 107 IP - 5 4099 - http://fn.bmj.com/content/107/5/513.short 4100 - http://fn.bmj.com/content/107/5/513.full SO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2022 Sep 01; 107 AB - Objective To investigate differences and calculate pooled incidence of any intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH), severe IVH (Grade III/IV, sIVH) and ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) placement in preterm infants across geographical, health and economic regions stratified by gestational age (GA).Design MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and Web of Science were searched between 2010 and 2020. Studies reporting rates of preterm infants with any IVH, sIVH and VPS by GA subgroup were included. Meta-regression was performed to determine subgroup differences between study designs and across United Nations geographical regions, WHO mortality strata and World Bank lending regions. Incidence of any IVH, sIVH and VPS by GA subgroups<25, <28, 28–31, 32–33 and 34–36 weeks were calculated using random-effects meta-analysis.Results Of 6273 publications, 97 met inclusion criteria. Incidence of any IVH (37 studies 87 993 patients) was: 44.7% (95% CI 40.9% to 48.5%) for GA <25 weeks, 34.3% (95% CI 31.2% to 37.6%) for GA <28 weeks, 17.4% (95% CI 13.8% to 21.6%) for GA 28–31 weeks, 11.3% (95% CI 7.3% to 17.0%) for GA32–33 weeks and 4.9% (95% CI 1.4% to 15.2%) for GA 34–36 weeks. Incidence of sIVH (49 studies 328 562 patients) was 23.7% (95% CI 20.9% to 26.7%) for GA <25 weeks, 15.0% (95% CI 13.1% to 17.2%) for GA <28 weeks, 4.6% (95% CI 3.5% to 6.1%) for GA 28–31 weeks, 3.3% (95% CI 2.1% to 5.1%) for GA 32–33 weeks and 1.8% (95% CI 1.2% to 2.8%) for GA 34–36 weeks. Europe had lower reported incidence of any IVH and sIVH relative to North America (p<0.05). Proportion of VPS across all GA groups was 8.4% (95% CI 4.7% to 14.7%) for any IVH and 17.2% (95% CI 12.2% to 26.2%) for sIVH. Heterogeneity was high (I2 >90%) but 64%–85% of the variance was explained by GA and study inclusion criteria.Conclusions We report the first pooled estimates of IVH of prematurity by GA subgroup. There was high heterogeneity across studies suggesting a need for standardised incidence reporting guidelines.Data are available upon reasonable request. All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplemental information. All raw data are available upon request to the corresponding author (grace.y.lai@gmail.com).