1. Catecholamine-resistant hypotension and myocardial performance following patent ductus arteriosus ligation
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Noori, S, McNamara, P, Jain, A, Lavoie, PM, Wickremasinghe, A, Merritt, TA, Solomon, T, Sekar, K, Attridge, JT, Swanson, JR, Gillam-Krakauer, M, Reese, J, Poindexter, BB, Brook, M, Auchus, RJ, and Clyman, RI
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Paediatrics ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Heart Disease ,Pediatric ,Cardiovascular ,Clinical Research ,Cardiac Surgical Procedures ,Cardiotonic Agents ,Catecholamines ,Dobutamine ,Dopamine ,Drug Resistance ,Ductus Arteriosus ,Patent ,Echocardiography ,Female ,Humans ,Hypotension ,Infant ,Newborn ,Infant ,Premature ,Ligation ,Male ,Postoperative Complications ,Treatment Outcome ,PDA Ligation/Hypotension Trial Investigators ,Clinical Sciences ,Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine ,Pediatrics - Abstract
ObjectiveWe performed a multicenter study of preterm infants, who were about to undergo patent ductus arteriosus ligation, to determine whether echocardiographic indices of impaired myocardial performance were associated with subsequent development of catecholamine-resistant hypotension following ligation.Study designA standardized treatment approach for hypotension was followed at each center. Infants were considered to have catecholamine-resistant hypotension if their dopamine infusion was > 15 μg kg(-1)min(-1). Echocardiograms and cortisol measurements were obtained between 6 and 14 h after the ligation (prior to the presence of catecholamine-resistant hypotension).ResultForty-five infants were enrolled, 10 received catecholamines (6 were catecholamine-responsive and 4 developed catecholamine-resistant hypotension). Catecholamine-resistant hypotension was not associated with decreased preload, shortening fraction or ventricular output. Infants with catecholamine-resistant hypotension had significantly lower levels of systemic vascular resistance and postoperative cortisol concentration.ConclusionWe speculate that low cortisol levels and impaired vascular tone may have a more important role than impaired cardiac performance in post-ligation catecholamine-resistant hypotension.
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- 2015