Indomethacin for Prevention of IV Hemorrhage

Abstract

Results of a multicenter randomized trial of low-dose indomethacin (0.1 mg/kg IV) in prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in very low birth weight infants are reported from Yale New Haven Hospital, CT; Brown University, Providence, RI; and Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME.

Keywords

• indomethacin
• intraventricular hemorrhage
• cerebral vasoconstrictor effects