Table 3: Details of search strategy.

Search terms/Key words

Database used

Exclusion criteria

Preterm, premature

Infant, Child

Intraventricular hemorrhage

Periventricular hemorrhage

PVH-IVH

Intracranial bleeding

Neurodevelopment

Neurodevelopmental impairment

Cognitive function

Intellectual function

Cerebral palsy

Cochrane review

Pub med

Ovid

Up to date

EBSCO

Google Scholar

Web of Science

TRIP

EMBASE

Other brain lesions as PVL, PHVD

IVH in term infants

Expert opinion, case reports, dissertations, letters

 

PVL: Periventricular Leukomalacia; PHVD: Post Hemorrhagic Ventricular Dilatation; IVH: Intraventricular Hemorrhage.