White Matter Injury in the Preterm Neonate Preterm birth is a major public health issue affecting an estimated 13 million babies worldwide; one in eight deliveries in the United States are now preterm. Over the past two decades, improved neonatal…
Key Points Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) remains a common cause of chronic neurologic morbidity. Despite a gradual decline in the incidence of most grades of IVH, the increased survival of very low birth weight infants has resulted in an increase in…
Neurological problems in the newborn infant can arise from innate processes such as genetic abnormalities or disorders of nervous system development or can be the result of acquired brain injury from external insults. Both innate and acquired brain injury in…