The Effects of Antenatal Corticosteroid Treatment on Ivh-pvh of Premature Infants

摘要

Intraventricular-periventricular hemorrhage (IVH-PVH) is the most frequent type of intracranial hemorrhage in premature infants and the major cause of neurodevelopmental disabilities in children too. The objective of this work is to evaluate the effects of prenatal corticosteroid treatment on the incidence of IVH-PVH in premature infants. The study enrolled 163 prematures of 26-34 weeks' gestation. They have been divided into two groups: the experimental group (80/163), who have been treated with corticosteroids prenatally and control group (83/163), who have not received such treatment. There is statistically significant difference in IVH-PVH incidence between the experimental group (18/80) and control group (32/83) (chi2 =5,616, p