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- Published on: 29 March 2006
- Re: Echocardiographic assessment of early circulatory status in preterm infants with suspected intraPublished on: 14 March 2006
- Published on: 29 March 2006Preterm Left Ventricular output is not systemic blood flow.Show More
Dear Editor,
The premise of the data interpretation in this paper is based on the rather tenacious neonatal myth that left ventricular output is a measure of systemic blood flow. This is not true in the transitional circulations because of patency of the ductus arteriosus. Preterm babies demonstrate very variable degrees of ductal constriction in the early postnatal hours and the dominant shunt direction is left t...
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None declared. - Published on: 14 March 2006Re: Echocardiographic assessment of early circulatory status in preterm infants with suspected intraShow More
Dear Editor,
We have reviewed this article in our local Neonatal Journal club. We question the parameter used in this study to define the two groups, thus affecting the study conclusions.
The authors state their study was "planned to evaluate early circulatory status by echocardiography in VLBW infants who were suspected of contracting intrauterine infection because of a significant increase in serum I...
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