Cranial bruising and intraventricular hemorrhage

To the Editor.— We read with interest the article by Kuban et al1 that concluded that phenobarbital might be associated with an increased risk of subependymal-intraventricular-in-traparenchymal hemorrhage in premature infants. The authors compared the incidence of cranial bruising and found it to be...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1986-11, Vol.78 (5), p.954-954
Main Authors: Acs, H, Kilchevsky, E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Birth Injuries - complications
Cerebral Hemorrhage - etiology
Craniocerebral Trauma - complications
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Phenobarbital - adverse effects
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Summary:To the Editor.— We read with interest the article by Kuban et al1 that concluded that phenobarbital might be associated with an increased risk of subependymal-intraventricular-in-traparenchymal hemorrhage in premature infants. The authors compared the incidence of cranial bruising and found it to be 17.2% in the phenobarbital-treated group and 9.6% in the placebo-treated group. Szymonowitz et al2 found that, of all the obstetric data obtained from premature infants in whom intracranial hemorrhage developed, birth trauma, as evidenced by severe bruising, was the only significant factor.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.78.5.954