Table 1

Clinical characteristics of study cohort

Birth weight g (mean±SD)1351±940
Gestational age weeks (mean±SD)28.3±4.4
Age in weeks at EVD insertion (mean±SD)32.5±5.1
IVH II n (%)3 (17.6)
IVH III n (%)10 (58.8)
IVH IV n (%)4 (23.5)
Days of life at EVD insertion (mean±SD)24.4±14.3
Definite VP-shunt insertion n (%)13 (72.2)
  • EVD, external ventricular drainage; IVH, intraventricular haemorrhage; VP-shunt, ventriculo-peritoneal shunt.