TY - JOUR T1 - Cord blood, perinatal BNP values in term and preterm newborns JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F74 LP - F74 DO - 10.1136/adc.2009.158683 VL - 95 IS - 1 AU - S Mannarino AU - F Garofoli AU - R M Cerbo AU - G Perotti AU - E Mongini AU - C Codazzi AU - L Ciardelli AU - C Tinelli AU - A DeSilvestri AU - M Stronah Y1 - 2010/01/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/95/1/F74.1.abstract N2 - The number of studies about B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and neonates is growing; nevertheless, the use of BNP needs to be further investigated in preterm newborns.1 2 We observed the pattern of plasma BNP concentrations from late fetal life, from umbilical cord blood (UBC) samples, through day 1 of life (preterm only), day 3, and until the first month of life in 32 preterm newborns and 32 full-term healthy newborns. The results are summarised below.Median preterm newborns’ BNP concentrations: UBC, 31 pg/ml (interquartile range (IQR): 7.2–98.6); birth day, 84.4 pg/ml (IQR: 30.6–471.5); day 3, 35.7 pg/ml (IQR: 14.2–119.7); day 30, 12.7 pg/ml (IQR: 5–16.2). Median full-term newborns’ BNP concentrations: UCB, 10.6 … ER -