Halana V Whitehead1, Zachary A Vesoulis2, Akhil Maheshwari3, Ami Rambhia1, Amit M Mathur4. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Newborn Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, United States of America. 2. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Newborn Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, United States of America. Electronic address: vesoulis_z@wustl.edu. 3. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States of America. 4. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, United States of America.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Elevated cerebral fractional tissue oxygen extraction (cFTOE) is an adaptation to anemia of prematurity (AOP). cFTOE ≥0.4 is associated with brain injury in infants ≤30 weeks. This longitudinal study sought to investigate the utility of cFTOE in the evaluation of AOP. METHODS: Infants ≤30 weeks estimated gestational age (EGA) underwent weekly hemoglobin, cerebral saturation, and pulse oximetry recordings from the second through 36 weeks post-menstrual age (PMA). Recordings were excluded if they were under 1 h or if hemoglobin was not measured within 7 days of recording. Mean cFTOE was calculated for each recording. Statistical analysis used linear mixed-effects modeling and receiver operating characteristic analysis. RESULTS: 144 recordings from 39 infants (mean EGA 27.6 ± 2.2 weeks, BW 1139 ± 286 g) were included of whom 39% (15/39) were transfused. The mean recording length was 2.8 ± 1.3 h. There was a significant negative correlation between hemoglobin and cFTOE (R = -0.423, p ≤.001). In a multivariate model, adjusting for EGA, PMA, and patent ductus arteriosus treatment the AUC was 0.821. A critical increase in cFTOE occurred at a hemoglobin level of 9.6 g/dL. CONCLUSIONS: AOP is associated with a critical increase in cFTOE that occurs at a significantly higher hemoglobin level than standard clinical thresholds for transfusion.
BACKGROUND: Elevated cerebral fractional tissue oxygen extraction (cFTOE) is an adaptation to anemia of prematurity (AOP). cFTOE ≥0.4 is associated with brain injury in infants ≤30 weeks. This longitudinal study sought to investigate the utility of cFTOE in the evaluation of AOP. METHODS:Infants ≤30 weeks estimated gestational age (EGA) underwent weekly hemoglobin, cerebral saturation, and pulse oximetry recordings from the second through 36 weeks post-menstrual age (PMA). Recordings were excluded if they were under 1 h or if hemoglobin was not measured within 7 days of recording. Mean cFTOE was calculated for each recording. Statistical analysis used linear mixed-effects modeling and receiver operating characteristic analysis. RESULTS: 144 recordings from 39 infants (mean EGA 27.6 ± 2.2 weeks, BW 1139 ± 286 g) were included of whom 39% (15/39) were transfused. The mean recording length was 2.8 ± 1.3 h. There was a significant negative correlation between hemoglobin and cFTOE (R = -0.423, p ≤.001). In a multivariate model, adjusting for EGA, PMA, and patent ductus arteriosus treatment the AUC was 0.821. A critical increase in cFTOE occurred at a hemoglobin level of 9.6 g/dL. CONCLUSIONS: AOP is associated with a critical increase in cFTOE that occurs at a significantly higher hemoglobin level than standard clinical thresholds for transfusion.
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