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3177331

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
The role of thrombocytopenia as a risk factor for intraventricular hemorrhage in infants of very low birth weight is unclear. This study investigates the relationship between the lowest platelet count and the occurrence of intraventricular hemorrhage in 302 consecutively admitted infants with birth weights under 1500 g. Intraventricular hemorrhage, which occurred in 90 infants (29.8%), was correlated with the lowest platelet count obtained during the first 4 days of life. In 27 infants with intraventricular hemorrhage, the lowest platelet count was less than 100 X 10(9)/L. Statistical analysis of the data demonstrated that reduced platelet count was not associated significantly with intraventricular hemorrhage. Similarly, the severity of intraventricular hemorrhage did not correlate with the lowest platelet count. These data suggest that a reduced platelet count does not play a major role in the pathogenesis of intraventricular hemorrhage in infants of very low birth weight.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0002-922X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
142
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1222-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Reduced platelet count as a risk factor for intraventricular hemorrhage.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neurology, British Columbia's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article