Pulmonary hypertension in late onset neonatal sepsis using functional echocardiography: a prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) in the newborn period is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Sepsis has been identified as an independent risk factor for PH in newborns. Data on the proportion and severity of PH in association with neonatal sepsis are scarce. This study was aimed to measure the pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) in neonates with late onset sepsis (LOS) and to estimate the proportion of PH in neonatal sepsis using functional echocardiography (FnECHO).

Methods

This prospective observational study was conducted at a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). All neonates admitted in the NICU with suspected LOS underwent FnECHO within 6 hours of onset of clinical signs and PASP was recorded. Pulmonary hypertension was defined as PA

SUBMITTER: Deshpande S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9148354 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature