To study the prevalence of intraventricular heamorrhage in preterm infants

Objective: to recognize various prenatal and postnatal risk factors for ivh in preterm infants and find out proportion of preterm infants developing this complication in neonatal unit of fatima memorial hospital,lahore. study design: hospital based study done in one year period between jan 2001 to dec 2001. background: intraventricular hemorrhage is defined as the presence of blood within the ventricle or in the germinal matrix,which is just below the ependymal lining of d cross sectional study. setting: neonatal unit fatima memorial hospital lahore. sample size: 100 preterms were included in the study. methods:100 preterm newborns born consecutively in a period of one year were included in this study. history was recorded on a proforma and various prenatal and perinatal risk factors for developing ivh were noted. each preterm under went a cranial ultrasound between 3 rd to 7 th days of life. results: out of total,13% n=13 developed ivh. the grading of ivh showed that 30%had grade1,9% had grade 2,46% developed grade3 and 155 developed grade4 hemorrhage. conclusion: ivh is one of the major problems encountered by the preterms and anticipation and early detection of risk factors can reduce the incidence of this problem.