Carolina Z Piasek 1 , Frank Van Bel , Augusto Sola Show Affiliations »
Abstract
AIM: To review the utility of perfusion index (PI) in the evaluation of neonatal clinical conditions. Twenty-five manuscripts were reviewed. PI provides information about haemodynamic stability, illness severity, early neonatal respiratory outcome, low superior vena cava flow and subclinical chorioamnionitis. CONCLUSION: PI is a valuable tool to assess the newborn's health condition and could become a standardised measure in clinical evaluation. Different study designs are necessary to provide further validation to this method. ©2014 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
AIM: To review the utility of perfusion index (PI) in the evaluation of neonatal clinical conditions. Twenty-five manuscripts were reviewed. PI provides information about haemodynamic stability, illness severity, early neonatal respiratory outcome, low superior vena cava flow and subclinical chorioamnionitis. CONCLUSION: PI is a valuable tool to assess the newborn's health condition and could become a standardised measure in clinical evaluation. Different study designs are necessary to provide further validation to this method. ©2014 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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Keywords:
Cardiovascular function; Haemodynamics; Illness severity; Newborns; Perfusion index
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Year: 2014
PMID： 24471645 DOI： 10.1111/apa.12574
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Paediatr ISSN： 0803-5253 Impact factor: 2.299