Prophylactic ethamsylate for periventricular haemorrhage.
Open Access
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 59 (1) , 82-83
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.59.1.82
Abstract
Drug prophylaxis with ethamsylate for periventricular haemorrhage in very low birthweight infants significantly reduced the incidence of periventricular haemorrhage in survivors. A reduction in abnormalities at follow up and in insertion of ventriculoperitoneal shunts was also noted.Keywords
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