Fantoms

Haemodynamic assessment and management of hypotension in the preterm The haemodynamic management of preterm infants has evolved over time, supported by epidemiological data, physiologically reasoned and well intentioned, but with little sophistication in the physiological assessment and little evidence to guide drug treatment. Rachel Mullaly and Afif Faisal El Khuffash review the present state of knowledge, highlighting the flaws of using mean blood pressure to guide treatment and describing the range of haemodynamic inferences that can be drawn with more sophisticated echocardiographic investigation. Their article is nicely illustrated and includes a summary of the presently used drugs and their potential effects. They acknowledge the weakness of the evidence supporting the wider range of agents increasingly in use and call for trials that use detailed physiological assessment to determine treatment approaches to take us forward. See page F120 Staphylococcus Capitis Staphylococcus capitis has generated a...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Tags: Highlights from this issue Source Type: research