Investigation of the relationship between umbilical cord pH and intraventricular hemorrhage of infants delivered preterm.

Objective: We measured the level of pH gases in premature infants at birth, and examined the relationship between brain ultrasonography on the third and seventh day after birth. A case-control study conducted at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Shahid Akbar Abadi Hospital, Iran, during the years 2016-2017.

Methods: All premature infants who were admitted to NICU were enrolled in the current study.