Short term outcome of germinal matrix intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) as a function of severity of haemorrhage in infants weighing < 1500 g at birth
| Deaths in first 14 days | PVD in survivors >14 days old | Surgery + late death | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade of IVH | <750 g (n=75) | 751–1500 g (n=173) | <750 g (n=56) | 751–1500 g (n=165) | <g (n=56) | 751–1500 g (n=165) | Mortality | Surgery in survivors |
| Values in parentheses are percentages. | ||||||||
| PVD, Progressive ventricular dilatation. | ||||||||
| I (n=104) | 3/24 (12) | 0/80 (0) | 1/21 (5) | 3/80 (4) | 0 + 4 / 21 (19) | 0 + 3 / 80 (0) | 10/104 (10) | 0/94 (0) |
| II (n=65) | 5/21 (24) | 1/44 (2) | 1/16 (6) | 6/43 (14) | 0 + 5/ 16 (31) | 1 + 2 / 43 (7) | 13/65 (20) | 1/52 (2) |
| III (n=45) | 6/19 (32) | 2/26 (8) | 10/13 (77) | 18/24 (75) | 3 +2 / 13 (38) | 7 + 4 / 24 (42) | 14/45 (31) | 10/31 (32) |
| IV (n=34) | 5/11 (45) | 5/23 (22) | 5/6 (83) | 12/18 (66) | 1 + 3 / 6 (66) | 7 + 4 / 18 (61) | 17/34 (50) | 8/17 (47) |