Permissive hypotension in the extremely low birthweight infant with signs of good perfusion.

Authors
Dempsey, E M
Al Hazzani, F
Barrington, K J
Affiliation
Neonatology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
Issue Date
2012-01-31T16:42:50Z
MeSH
Birth Weight
Blood Pressure/physiology
Decision Making
Gestational Age
Humans
Hypotension/diagnosis/physiopathology/*therapy
Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight/*physiology
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care, Neonatal/methods
Retrospective Studies

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Citation
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2009 Jul;94(4):F241-4. Epub 2009 Jan 27.
Journal
Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/206238
DOI
10.1136/adc.2007.124263
PubMed ID
19174413
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Many practitioners routinely treat infants whose mean arterial blood pressure in mm Hg is less than their gestational age in weeks (GA). OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of utilising a combined approach of clinical signs, metabolic acidosis and absolute blood pressure (BP) values when deciding to treat hypotension in the extremely low birthweight (ELBW) infant. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study of all live born ELBW infants admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit over a 4-year period. Patients were grouped as either normotensive (BP never less than GA), hypotensive and not treated (BP
Language
eng
ISSN
1468-2052 (Electronic)
1359-2998 (Linking)
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