Development of arterial hypotension in premature infants with early onset bacterial infections: tools of clinical predication.

Objective: Introduction: The safe thresholds of blood pressure in preterm neonates are still unclear. The aim of our study was to substantiate the diagnostic criteria for the syndrome of arterial hypotension (AH) and indications for the appointment of hemodynamic support in premature infants with early onset bacterial infections.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted. 2 experimental groups were formed -premature babies with early onset bacterial infections and AH (n = 58), and control group (n = 62), premature babies without AH. The subjects of the study were a number of risk factors. Simple and multiple logistic regression analyses were used.

Results: Results: In premature infants with AH, compared with those without AH, there are significantly lower values of stroke index of left ventricle (SILV), index of resistance (IR) of the middle cerebral artery, pH, significantly higher level of urea in serum and a higher proportion of children with hypoglycemia. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to develop a clinical prognostic model for the AH-syndrome. Only prognostic model, which included SILV, blood pH and blood glucose, had high prognostic characteristics and the largest area under the ROC curve.

Conclusion: Conclusions: The following diagnostic criteria can be used for the appointment of medical support for hemodynamics: the digital value of the level of mean blood pressure, expressed in mmHg, is less than the gestational age in weeks, and at least one of the following indicators -pH is less than 7.2, blood glucose level is less than 2.8 mmol/l, SILV is less than the normal ranges.