ECMO-/ECLS

(^) Pharmacological Closure of PDA Dosage Guidelines Drug Treatment dose Prophylactic dose Route of Administratio n PDA Closure ...

III. APNEA AND BRADYCARDIA Apnea is defined as respiratory pause lasting 20 seconds--or less if associated with bradycardia (HR ...

For those infants <60 weeks PMA, apnea is a significant risk in the 24 hours after an anesthetic. Treatment for apnea Xanthi ...

Erythropoiesis is indicated by a reticulocyte count > 5%. When transfusing, consider overall physiology and perfusion. Recall ...

Infants with CLD have longer hospital stays, increased re-hospitalizations, more pulmonary hypertension, higher rate of neurolog ...

Infants with CLD have reactive airways, frequent ER visits and hospitalizations, difficulty with RSV and other respiratory infec ...

Hydrocortisone Stress dose: 2-6 mg/kg/day, physiologic replacement 1-2 mg/kg/day. Dose may be divided q12hrs. It has a more phys ...

IVH occurs when small, fragile vessels in the subependymal germinal matrix bleed. The hemorrhage may extend either into the vent ...

Management consists primarily of supportive care; i.e. anticonvulsant therapy for seizures, blood pressure support, transfusion ...

angles of the lateral ventricles. Associated with PVL is corresponding cortical volume loss overlying these areas. Two types of ...

All infants with birth weight ≤1500 g or born at <32 weeks are screened. In addition, selected infants born at >32 weeks g ...

Clinical Stages Stage 1: A demarcation line separates avascular retina anteriorly from vascular retina posteriorly. Stage 2: The ...

Stage 1 ROP: zone 2 Regressing ROP: zone 2 2 to 3 weeks Immature vascularization: zone 2—no ROP Stag 1 or 2 ROP: zone 3 Regressi ...

Complications of therapy: Myopia, retinal detachment, necrosis, corneal hemorrhage, corneal or iris burns, tunnel vision Eye Exa ...

THERMOREGULATION IN THE NEONATE Modes of Heat Generation  Metabolic activity (moderate source for neonate)  Voluntary muscle a ...

Brown Fat  Compared to white fat, brown fat cells have many more mitochondria and fat vacuoles.  Has abundant sympathetic inne ...

 Body weight  Air temperature  Air currents in room or incubator  Maturity of neonate’s skin  Evaporation – heat transfer b ...

Equipment Used To Minimize Heat Loss In Neonates  Radiant Warmer  Provides ease in visualizing and handling infant.  A large ...

· Best for neonates weaning to open crib  Manual control · Temperature is manually adjusted in response to intermittent measure ...

 Most commonly results from interactions between central heat conservation and heat dissipation at the hypothalamic level.  Ma ...