Cranial ultrasound examination was performed on 91 low birth weight infants to determine the occurence of cerebral hemorrhage with or without ventriculomegaly. In very low birth weight infants cerebral hermorrhage was found in 35 percent, while the hemorrhage plus ventriculomegaly was found in 18 percent of the infants. In all low birth weight infants cerebral hemorrhage was found in 17 percent…
The role of ultrasound in fetal assessment is not merely aiming at determining the presence, location, life, number, or presentation of the fetus. It is, moreover, useful in determinibng gestational age, fetal weight, growth, the presence of congenital anomaly as well as assessing fetal environment and functional integrity such as : amniotic, placental maturity, umbilical cord, subcutaneous fat…