A. Kirton, MD, MSc, FRCPC X. Wei, MD Parents of a healthy child with an unremarkable perinatal history noted a right-hand preference at 4 months and left hemiparesis by 6 months. MRI was not completed until 27 months (figure), confirming periventricular venous infarction (PVI). Stroke causes most term-born hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Many are arterial ischemic strokes but PVI has emerged as...

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CONTEXT Periventricular/intraventricular hemorrhage (PIVH) is a common short-term morbidity in preterm infants, but its long-term neurodevelopmental impact, particularly with mild PIVH, remains unclear. OBJECTIVE To systematically review and meta-analyze the neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants ≤34 weeks' gestation with mild and severe PIVH, compared with no PIVH. DATA SOURCES Med...

Ultrasound imaging plays a major role in evaluation of pregnancies especially in the first trimester of pregnancy. The aim of this study is to correlate the clinical and ultrasonographic diagnosis of vaginal bleeding in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and to find out its incidence and to study other associated conditions of vaginal bleeding during pregnancy.100 patients with vaginal bleeding up...