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Dopamine versus dobutamine for hypotensive preterm infants.

N V Subhedar1, N J Shaw

  • 1Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Crown Street, Liverpool, UK, L8 7SS. nvsubhedar_lwh@yahoo.com

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
|May 5, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Dopamine is more effective than dobutamine for treating hypotension in preterm infants, showing fewer treatment failures. However, long-term safety and benefits require further study before making treatment recommendations.

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Area of Science:

  • Neonatal Medicine
  • Pediatric Cardiology
  • Pharmacology

Background:

  • Systemic hypotension is common in preterm infants.
  • Dopamine and dobutamine are frequently used inotropes with differing mechanisms.
  • Their comparative effectiveness in neonates is not fully established.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the efficacy and safety of dopamine versus dobutamine.
  • To evaluate treatment of systemic hypotension in preterm infants.
  • To analyze short- and long-term outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
  • Searched multiple databases and contacted experts.
  • Assessed study quality and extracted data on mortality, neurodevelopment, and hemodynamics.

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Main Results:

  • Dopamine demonstrated higher success rates in treating hypotension (fewer treatment failures).
  • No significant differences were found in neonatal mortality, periventricular leukomalacia, or severe periventricular hemorrhage.
  • No significant differences in left ventricular output changes or tachycardia incidence were observed.

Conclusions:

  • Dopamine is more effective than dobutamine for short-term hypotension treatment in preterm infants.
  • Neither drug showed a significant effect on adverse neuroradiological sequelae or tachycardia.
  • Insufficient long-term data prevents definitive recommendations on drug choice.