Cite

Copy

Tap on and choose 'Add to Home Screen' to create a shortcut app

Tap on and choose 'Install/Install App' to create a shortcut app

Outcome for Hydrocephalus After Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Infants

This page was last updated on May 9th, 2017

The long-term neurodevelopmental outcome for infants affected with IVH has been and remains an important topic of research. Major issues under investigation are the extent of hemorrhage (grade), coexistent parenchymal injury, and progression of compensated ventriculomegaly. With modern neonatal treatment and proactive management of active hydrocephalus, the outcome for premature infants with PHH has improved in the last two decades. Nevertheless, prematurity is associated also with other health problems, including cardiac, respiratory, and neurodevelopmental defects, which can themselves affect the long-term development of the child. Follow-up should extend to childhood or even adolescence in order to unveil minor cognitive and neuropsychological deficits.

 

Outcome After Surgery

  • Outcome dependent on treatment needed: The impact of progressive ventriculomegaly on neurodevelopmental outcome depends on the need for shunt insertion and the possible complications of this treatment option. Infants developing ventriculomegaly without signs of raised ICP have a more favorable outcome than those with signs of progressive ventricular dilation requiring shunt insertion. A recent study suggests that extremely low-birth-weight children (<1000 g) with severe IVH that requires shunt insertion are at greater risk for adverse neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes compared with children without shunts, with or without severe IVH (1).

Your donations keep us going

The ISPN Guide is free to use, but we rely on donations to fund our ongoing work and to maintain more than a thousand pages of information created to disseminate the most up-to-date knowledge in the field of paediatric neurosurgery.

By making a donation to The ISPN Guide you are also indirectly helping the many thousands of children around the world whose treatment depends on well-informed surgeons.

Please consider making a donation today.

Use the app

The ISPN Guide can be used as a standalone app, both on mobile devices and desktop computers. It’s quick and easy to use.

Fully featured

Free registration grants you full access to The Guide and host of featured designed to help further your own education.

Stay updated

The ISPN Guide continues to expand both in breadth and depth. Join our mailing list to stay up-to-date with our progress.