Intrauterine Inflammation and the Onset of Peri-Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Premature Infants

Abstract

These results indicate different risk factors for early and late P/IVH. Neither funisitis nor fetal inflammation independently predicts the onset of P/IVH. However, the interaction of fetal inflammation and vaginal delivery with no or incomplete antenatal steroid course increase the risk of early but not also late P/IVH.