Intraventricular hemorrhage and oral ibuprofen in very low birth weight preterm infants To the Editor: We read with interest the report by Brunner et al, which showed an association between a moderately low platelet count between 50 and 99 109/L, treatment of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) with cyclooxygenase inhibitors, and intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in preterm infants with a gestational age of