Cerebral hemodymanics as a criterion for the severity of neonatal posthypoxia and efficiency of its treatment
Zedgenizova, E.V.; Aleksandrovich, I.S.; Ivanov, D.O.; Shabalov, N.P.
Anesteziologiia i Reanimatologiia 2007(3): 57-60
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0201-7563 PMID: 17684993 Document Number: 609465
Twenty-five full-term neonates with severe posthypoxic syndrome, including 9 (36%) with prior acute moderate asphyxia, 8 (32%) with acute asphyxia, and 8 (32%) with associated acute asphyxia, were examined. The severity of posthypoxia and the efficiency of its treatment were evaluated, by studying cerebral and systemic hemodynamics. In children with moderate and severe asphyxia, artificial ventilation contributed to normalization of acid-base balance and infusion of dopamine in a dose of up to 5 mu g/kg center dot min could achieve adequate cardiac output. In children with associated severe asphyxia, infusion of dopamine in a dose of 5.5-10 mu g/kg center dot min, which failed to improve cerebral perfusion pressure, was required to maintain the optimal cardiac output. This situation requires additional cerebral protective therapy aimed at lowering intracranial pressure.