Extremely low birth weight infants (ELBWI) often suffer from severe hypotension in the early neonatal period. However, few previous studies have ever revealed plasma levels of vasoactive substances which regulate the cardiovascular system in ELBWI.
Levels of catecholamines, arginine vasopressin and atrial natriuretic peptide in hypotensive extremely low birth weight infants in the first 24 hours after birth.
Division of Neonatal Medicine, Center for Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan. s_ezaki@saitama-med.ac.jp
