Evidence for late developmental deficit in very low birth weight infants surviving intraventricular hemorrhage.

88 very low birth weight preterm infants who had been evaluated with neonatal computed tomography scanning and/or echoencephalography were subsequently brought to follow-up. Serial neurodevelopmental testing at 6, 12, and 18 months corrected age demonstrated that even the lesser grades of germinal matrix and intraventricular hemorrhage may be associated with a relatively less favorable neurodevelopmental outcome.