Items for "systemic hypotension"

Plasma endothelin-1 and clinical manifestations of neonatal sepsis

Aim: To determine whether plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) relates to clinical manifestations of sepsis in the newborn, especially with systemic hypotension, acidosis, severe hypoxemia (which may represent pulmonary hypertension) and oliguria.

Methods: Prospective study of 35 consecutive newborns with clinical sepsis: 22 with hemoculture-positive (HC+) sepsis and 13 hemoculture-negative (HC–)...

Keywords: endothelin-1, hypoxemia, Newborn, oliguria, pulmonary hypertension, sepsis, seizures, SNAP-II, systemic hypotension