Open AccessCardiac Blood Flow Measurements in Stable Full Term Small for Gestational Age Neonates
Author(s) -
Nishant Banait,
Pradeep Suryawanshi,
Nandini Malshe,
Rema Nagpal,
Sanjay Lalwani
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/5671.3302
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational age , small for gestational age , superior vena cava , hemodynamics , neonatal intensive care unit , cardiology , pediatrics , pregnancy , genetics , biology
Cardiac blood flow measurements are useful in the haemodynamic management of neonates. Cardiac blood flows can be estimated with functional echocardiography as follows; flow in Superior Vena Cava (SVC), Right Ventricular Outflow (RVO) and Left Ventricular Outflow (LVO). Studies in preterm infants have shown that abnormal superior vena cava flow is associated with poor neurodevelopmental outcomes. To date, normative data on LVO, RVO and SVC flows has been established for term appropriate for gestational age neonates and preterm neonates, but no data is available on RVO, LVO and SVC flows for term small for gestational age neonates.