In this retrospective study, infants receiving late intervention required shunt insertion significantly more often than those treated early. A randomized prospective intervention study, comparing early and late drainage, is required to further assess the role of earlier intervention.
Recirculation is a limiting factor for oxygen delivery in double lumen catheter veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (DLVV-ECMO). This study compares three different methods for the determination of the recirculation fraction during double lumen catheter veno-venous ECMO at ECMO flow rates of 150, 125, 100, 75, and 50 ml/kg.min in nine lambs: (1) an ultrasound dilution method, in which the change in ultrasound velocity in blood after injection of a saline bolus as a marker is used for determination of recirculation; (2) an SvO2 method using real mixed venous blood oxygen saturation, the gold standard, for determination of recirculation fraction; and (3) the CVL method, in which oxygen saturation of a blood sample of the inferior vena cava is considered to represent mixed venous oxygen saturation. In all methods, the recirculation fraction increased with increasing ECMO flow rate. The correlation coefficient between the ultrasound dilution method and the SvO2 method was 0.68 (p < 0.01); mean difference was -2.4% (p = 0.6). Correlation coefficient between the ultrasound dilution method and the CVL method was 0.48 (p < 0.01); mean difference was -18.1% (p < 0.01). The correlation coefficient between the SvO2 method and the CVL method was 0.51 (p < 0.01); mean difference was -15.7% (p < 0.01). The ultrasound dilution method is a useful method for measurement of the recirculation fraction in DLVV-ECMO and is easier to use than the other methods.
In contrast to bolus injections, decrease of organ blood flow and impairment of urine output do not accompany continuous infusion of indomethacin over 36 h.
on behalf of the Dutch Working Group of Neonatal Neurology. Early versus late treatment of posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation: results of a retrospective study from ve neonatal intensive care units in The Netherlands. Acta Paediatr 2002; 91: 212-217. Stockholm. ISSN 0803-5253Posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD) in very preterm infants carries a poor prognosis. As earlier studies have failed to show a bene t of early intervention, it is recommended that PHVD be rst treated when head circumference is rapidly increasing and/or when symptoms of raised intracranial pressure develop. Infants with PHVD, admitted to 5 of the 10 Dutch neonatal intensive care units were studied retrospectively, to investigate whether there was a difference in the time of onset of treatment of PHVD and, if so, whether this was associated with a difference in the requirement of a ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunt and/or neurodevelopmental outcome. The surviving infants with a gestational age µ34 wk, born between 1992 and 1996, diagnosed as having a grade III haemorrhage according to Papile on cranial ultrasound and who developed PHVD were included in the study. PHVD was de ned as a ventricular index (VI) exceeding the 97th percentile according to Levene (In 30 infants LPs were performed and in 17 of these a VP shunt was eventually inserted. In 11 infants a subcutaneous reservoir was immediately inserted and in 8 of these infants a VP shunt was needed. In one infant a VP shunt was immediately inserted, without any other form of treatment. Infants with late intervention crossed the p 97 ‡ 4 mm earlier (p 0.03) and needed a shunt (26/42; 62%) more often than those with early intervention (5/31; 16%). Early LP was associated with a strongly reduced risk of VP-shunting (odds ratio = 0.22, 95% con dence interval: 0.08-0.62). The number of infants who developed a moderate or severe handicap was also higher (11/42; 26%) in the late intervention group, compared with those not requiring any intervention (3/22; 14%) or treated early (5/31; 16%).
Conclusion:In this retrospective study, infants receiving late intervention required shunt insertion signi cantly more often than those treated early. A randomized prospective intervention study, comparing early and late drainage, is required to further assess the role of earlier intervention.
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