PERIVENTRICULAR AND INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE

Course overview

PERIVENTRICULAR-INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE IS A DISEASE PROCESS THAT PRIMARILY AFFECTS THE PREMATURE NEWBORN INFANT BORN AT LESS THAN 33 WEEKS OF GESTATION. HEMORRHAGE OCCURS WHEN VESSELS OF THE GERMINAL MATRIX IN THE PERIVENTRICULAR AREA RUPTURE AND EXTEND INTO THE INTRAVENTRICULAR SPACE. WHEN BLEEDING EXTENDS INTO THE INTRAPARENCHYMAL SPACE ADJACENT TO THE VENTRICLE, IT IS TERMED PERIVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE. IN SEVERE CASES, BLEEDING OCCUPIES A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE VENTRICLE, IN WHICH CASE IT IS DESCRIBED AS INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE EVALUATION, DIAGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT OF PERIVENTRICULAR-INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE IN NEWBORNS AND STRESSES THE ROLE OF TEAM-BASED INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE FOR AFFECTED PATIENTS.