Frontiers in Pediatrics (Aug 2023)

Relationship between cerebral oxygenation, cardiac output, and blood pressure during transitional period in extremely low gestational age neonates

  • Poorva Deshpande,
  • Poorva Deshpande,
  • Caio Barbosa de Olivera,
  • Caio Barbosa de Olivera,
  • Amish Jain,
  • Amish Jain,
  • Cecil Hahn,
  • Cecil Hahn,
  • Prakesh S. Shah,
  • Prakesh S. Shah,
  • Anne-Marie Guerguerian,
  • Anne-Marie Guerguerian,
  • Patrick J. McNamara

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1187769
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

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ObjectiveTo describe the relationship between cerebral oxygenation, cardiac output, arterial blood pressure (BP), and cerebral blood flow velocity in extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGANs) during transition.MethodsThis study comprises secondary analyses from a prospective observational study conducted at a tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Recruited ELGANs underwent cerebral saturation (CrSO2) monitoring and serial echocardiography during 72 h from birth. Correlative analyses of CrSO2 and cerebral fractional tissue oxygen extraction (CFTOE) with left (LVO) and right ventricular output (RVO), superior vena cava (SVC) flow, middle cerebral artery blood flow mean velocity (MCA.MV), systolic (SBP), diastolic (DBP), and mean (MBP) BP were conducted.ResultsFifty ELGANs with median (range) gestational age of 25.9 (23.1–27.9) weeks were recruited. Echocardiography was performed sequentially at a median (range) age 5.0 (3.8–6.6), 17.3 (15.4–19.4), 31.0 (27.0–34.1), and 53.7 (49.3–58.3) hours. RVO, LVO, CrSO2, and SBP increased over time but no changes in MBP, DBP, CFTOE, MCA.MV or SVC flow were noted. A weak correlation was identified between CrSO2 and SBP (r2 = 0.11, p = 0.047) and MBP (r2 = 0.12, p = 0.04) at 17.3 (15.4–19.4) hours. No correlation of either CrSO2 or CFTOE with any measures of blood flow was identified.ConclusionThere is a weak correlation between measures of cardiac output, BP, and MCA.MV with both CrSO2 and CFTOE in ELGANs during transition. Whether this finding suggests intact cerebral autoregulation requires prospective evaluation in a cohort of sick ELGANs.

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