Invasive vs. non-invasive blood pressure monitoring in preterm neonates: A prospective study
S Meyer, S Gottschling, A Trunkenbolz, L Gortner · Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie · 2009 · Heft 04
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Zusammenfassung
Study purpose: Blood pressure is an important parameter in the assessment of the cardiovascular status in preterm infants. Invasive arterial blood pressure (IBP) is considered the “gold-standard“. Only a few studies have compared IBP vs. non-invasive (NIBP) measurements in this patient cohort. The aim of this study was to compare mean IBP and mean NIBP in preterm infants. Patient and Methods: Prospective, simultaneous assessment of both IBP (Exadyn monitoring set, Braun, Melsungen) and NIBP (NIBP, Philips, Hamburg) measurements in preterm infants at 6h, 12h, 18, 24h after birth in a tertiary care center. Results…