Open AccessEarly brain and abdominal oxygenation in extremely low birth weight infants
Author(s) -
Valerie Y. Chock,
Emily Ann Smith,
Sylvia Tan,
M. Bethany Ball,
Abhik Das,
Susan R. Hintz,
Haresh Kirpalani,
Edward F. Bell,
Lina F. Chalak,
Waldemar A. Carlo,
C. Michael Cotten,
John A. Widness,
Kathleen A. Kennedy,
Robin K. Ohls,
Ruth Seabrook,
Ravi Patel,
Abbot R. Laptook,
Toni Mancini,
Gregory M. Sokol,
Michele C. Walsh,
Bradley A. Yoder,
Brenda B. Poindexter,
Sanjay Chawla,
Carl T. D’Angio,
Rosemary D. Higgins,
Krisa P. Van Meurs
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pediatric research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1530-0447
pISSN - 0031-3998
DOI - 10.1038/s41390-022-02082-z
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational age , oxygenation , birth weight , anesthesia , low birth weight , population , necrotizing enterocolitis , hypoxia (environmental) , apgar score , pregnancy , oxygen , biology , chemistry , genetics , environmental health , organic chemistry
Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants are at risk for end-organ hypoxia and ischemia. Regional tissue oxygenation of the brain and gut as monitored with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) may change with postnatal age, but normal ranges are not well defined.