TY - JOUR
T1 - Neonatal color Doppler US study: Normal values of cerebral blood flow velocities in preterm infants in the first month of life
AU - Romagnoli, Costantino
AU - Giannantonio, Carmen
AU - De Carolis, Maria Pia
AU - Gallini, Francesca
AU - Zecca, Enrico
AU - Papacci, Patrizia
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The aim of this study is to generate normal reference values of cerebral blood flow velocities (CBFV) and Doppler indices (DI) in the anterior (ACA) and the middle (MCA) cerebral arteries during the first month of life in healthy preterm infants. CBFV were obtained with color Doppler technique in seventy selected preterm infants divided in four groups of gestational age (GA) (25 to 28; 29 to 30; 31 to 32; 33 to 35 wk). Our data demonstrate that CBFV increase with rising GA, birth weight (BW) and postnatal age. Additionally, we can provide the median values, tenth and ninetieth percentiles of CBFV and DI, in the ACA and MCA in each GA group as reference normal values of CBFV and DI in preterm newborn.
AB - The aim of this study is to generate normal reference values of cerebral blood flow velocities (CBFV) and Doppler indices (DI) in the anterior (ACA) and the middle (MCA) cerebral arteries during the first month of life in healthy preterm infants. CBFV were obtained with color Doppler technique in seventy selected preterm infants divided in four groups of gestational age (GA) (25 to 28; 29 to 30; 31 to 32; 33 to 35 wk). Our data demonstrate that CBFV increase with rising GA, birth weight (BW) and postnatal age. Additionally, we can provide the median values, tenth and ninetieth percentiles of CBFV and DI, in the ACA and MCA in each GA group as reference normal values of CBFV and DI in preterm newborn.
KW - Cerebral US
KW - Cerebral blood flow velocities
KW - Color Doppler-flowmetry
KW - Preterm infant
KW - Cerebral US
KW - Cerebral blood flow velocities
KW - Color Doppler-flowmetry
KW - Preterm infant
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/5147
U2 - 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.12.007
DO - 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.12.007
M3 - Article
SN - 0301-5629
VL - 32
SP - 321
EP - 331
JO - Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
JF - Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
ER -