Complications associated with the current sequential pharmacological management of early postnatal hypotension in extremely premature infants.

In conclusion, hypotensive extremely low-birth-weight infants treated with VI or with HCVI are susceptible to intraventricular-periventricular hemorrhage, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and patent ductus arteriosus. Furthermore, those who receive inotropes are at risk for spontaneous intestinal perforation and ventriculomegaly. Maternal diabetes mellitus increases the occurrence of hypotension, which responds to VI. Maternal hypertension does not contribute to VI responsive and tends to decrease the occurrence of VI-refractory hypotension. PMID: 31384186 [PubMed]
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