Vasopressin for refractory hypotension in extremely low birth weight infants
Margarita Bidegain1, Rachel Greenberg, Catherine Simmons
1Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Jean and George Brumley, Jr., Neonatal-Perinatal Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. margarita.bidegain@duke.edu
Abstract:
Intravenous vasopressin at 0.01 to 0.04 units/kg/h increased median mean blood pressure from 26 mm Hg (range 18-44) to 41 mm Hg (range 17-90) by 12 hours of infusion (P=.002) and allowed weaning of catecholamines in a group of extremely low birth weight infants with refractory hypotension.
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