偶然发现,给予早产儿维生素E试图减少红细胞对溶血的易感性时似可减少脑室内出血,可能对将来处理这些婴儿有深远的影响。脑室内出血是早产儿的一种普遍现象,而且是死亡和残废的重要原因。曼彻斯特圣马丽医院的Malcolm Chiswick等医生进一步研究了维生素E的明显保护作用。在一项44名早产儿的研究中他们发现,发生过IVH的占总数的43.2%。他们观察妊娠32 Occasionally, giving preterm infants vitamin E to reduce the susceptibility of erythrocytes to hemolysis may seem to reduce intraventricular hemorrhage, which may have far-reaching consequences for the future handling of these infants. Intraventricular hemorrhage is a common phenomenon in preterm infants and is an important cause of death and disability. Malcolm Chiswick and other doctors at St. Mary’s Hospital in Manchester further studied the apparent protective effect of vitamin E. In a study of 44 preterm infants, they found that 43.2% of all patients had IVH. They observe pregnancy 32