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PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 3, Pages 236-242Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(00)00184-3
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The response of cerebral blood flow velocity to a single spontaneous transient rise in blood pressure was studied to grade the cerebral autoregulatory response of newborns. Blood pressure was measured continuously through an umbilical or peripheral arterial catheter; continuous flow velocity recordings were taken from the middle cerebral artery using continuous wave Doppler ultrasound. From a cohort of 62 healthy term and preterm neonates, 325 transients in mean arterial blood pressure and mean cerebral blood flow velocity were identified for analysis using a foot-seeking algorithm. An initial classification of active or impaired autoregulation was given to each transient using a self-clustering technique. The grading of the transients was studied by examining the slope of the return of the cerebral blood flow velocity to baseline. Negative slopes indicate a normal autoregulation; slopes of 0 or greater indicate an absence of autoregulation. This classification was in agreement with the self-clustering method (Cohen's kappa = 0.94, P < 0.0001). The relationship between the autoregulatory response assessed by the grading method and gestational age, postnatal age, and Pco(2) was examined using linear regression analysis. A significant relationship with gestational age (P = 0.002) but not Pco(2) (P = 0.06) or postnatal age (P = 0.14) was evident. (C) 2000 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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