Neonatal blood pressure waves are associated with surges of systemic Noradrenaline
Birgit Wefers 1, Steven Cunningham 2, Rhona Stephen 1 and Neil McIntosh 1*
1 University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2 Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: neil.mcintosh{at}ed.ac.uk.
Accepted 2 April 2008
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Neonatal blood pressure (BP) waves have been linked to neonatal illness. We investigated plasma levels of vasoactive hormones when BP waves were observed. Peak and trough norepinephrine levels correlated with mean BP (p=0.028). There was no relationship to epinephrine, dopamine or endothelin levels.
