Cerebrovascular autoregulation in preterm fetal growth restricted neonates
Objective To investigate the effect of fetal growth restriction (FGR) on cerebrovascular autoregulation in preterm neonates during the first 3 days of life. Design Case-control study. Setting Neonatal intensive care unit of the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, The Netherlands. Patients 57 FGR (birth weight less than 10th percentile) and 57 appropriate for gestational age (AGA) (birth weight 20th-80th percentiles) preterm neonates, matched for gender, gestational age, respiratory and blood pressure support. Methods The correlation between continuously measured mean arterial blood pressure and re... Mehr ...