Effect of caffeine on neonatal splanchnic blood flow. Issue 2 (1st March 1999)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lane, Andrew J P; Coombs, Robert C; Evans, David H; Levin, Roy J
• Is Part Of: Archives of disease in childhood. Volume 80:Issue 2(1999)
• Page Start: F128
• Page End: F129
• Publication Date: 1999-03-01
• Subjects: splanchnic circulation -- caffeine; Infants -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Newborn infants -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Fetus -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.920105
• DOI: 10.1136/fn.80.2.F128
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-2998

Abstract

Abstract : Doppler ultrasound was used to study the effect of the first intravenous dose of caffeine on splanchnic haemodynamics in preterm neonates. Peak systolic velocity in the superior mesenteric artery and coeliac axis was significantly reduced for 6 hours after caffeine infusion. The effect of this reduction in blood flow to the neonatal gut is not known.