Table 2. Incidence of IVH for all neonatal treatment cases and for infants <1500 g or <32 weeks’ gestation categorized according to severity, with associated mean gestational age (full weeks) and birth weight (g).
Grade of hemorrhage (Papile classification) | Total n = 26 609 | <1500 g or <32 gw n = 1782 |
n grade 1 | 417 (1.57%) | 112 (6.29%) |
34.4 ± 4.1 weeks | 29.1 ± 2.5 weeks | |
2314 ± 926 g | 1195 ± 391 g | |
n grade 2 | 143 (0.54%) | 93 (5.22%) |
30.3 ± 5.1 weeks | 27.1 ± 2.4 weeks | |
1630 ± 944 g | 1048 ± 390 g | |
n grades 3 + 4 | 193 (0.73%) | 151 (8.47%) |
28.3 ± 4.9 weeks | 26.1 ± 2.3 weeks | |
1294 ± 885 g | 886 ± 311 g | |
n grades 1–4 | 753 (2.83%) | 356 (19.97%) |
37.3 ± 3.2 weeks | 29.3 ± 2.7 weeks | |
2947 ± 822 g | 1255 ± 392 g |
IVH, intraventricular hemorrhage; GW, gestational week; n, number