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What is your approach to treating babies with IVH secondary to prematurity and a full but soft fontanelle?

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What is your approach to treating premature infants with IVH?

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Neurosurgery · Boston Children’s Hospital
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The fontanel in a baby can be very deceiving. Studies in trauma have shown that even experts have trouble discerning intracranial pressure based on the fontanel fullness, so in itself it should not be a deciding factor. In this day and age, most hospitals are using the ELVIS protocol to help determi...

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