Publications by authors named "Maria Susana Rueda"
Article Synopsis
- Scientists studied 385 babies in Lima, Peru, who weighed less than 2,000 grams at birth between May 2012 and July 2014.
- They found that 19.2% of babies under 1,500 grams had a brain bleed called intraventricular hemorrhage, and 9.6% had a severe type of this bleed.
- The study showed that babies with this condition had a high risk of death (47.1%), and another issue called periventricular leukomalacia was found in 5.4% of the babies, especially among those with lower birth weight.
The objective of this study was to analyze the use of lumbar punctures (LP) in the evaluation of late-onset neonatal sepsis. It is recommended to perform an LP as part of the evaluation of late-onset sepsis. We used a cohort of 414 newborns with a birth weight <2000g in three hospitals in Lima.
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