Application of non-glycoside inotropic agents in newborn infants
Umans-Eckenhausen, M.A.; Terlouw, J.F.; Szatmari, A.; van den Anker, J.N.
Tijdschrift Voor Kindergeneeskunde 61(1): 13-20
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0376-7442 PMID: 8493697 Document Number: 413345
Non glycoside inotropic agents are regularly used in the treatment of critically ill neonates. There are reasons to believe that the neonate reacts differently to these inotropic agents because of differences in physiology and maturation. In this paper the oxygen consumption and oxygen transport, heart failure in the newborn, effects of non glycoside inotropic agents in general and the doses of the commonly used inotropic agents (dopamine, dobutamine and isoproterenol) will be discussed. Finally a review of the literature and a therapeutic advise on the use of inotropic agents in the neonate is presented.