Resistance index of the anterior cerebral artery in the very premature
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v81i4.16732Keywords:
Anterior Cerebral Artery, Infant, Premature, Ultrasonography, Doppler, TranscranialAbstract
Introduction. The anterior cerebral artery (ACA) resistance index (IR) is used to assess blood flow and is used to determine fetal well-being. Objective. To determine the flow of the anterior cerebral artery in very preterm infants during the first 72 hours of life. Methods. Medical records of very preterm infants treated in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital (HNERM), EsSalud, Lima-Peru, between the years 2011-2019 were reviewed. Results. 56 medical records were reviewed that reported the index of resistance of the anterior cerebral artery in very premature infants of the HNERM. The mean values of the IR of the ACA were: 0,695 at 24 hours; 0,69 at 48 hours; and 0,667 at 72 hours. The mean systolic flow of the cerebral artery prior to 48 hours of life was similar to that of intrauterine life; at 72 hours, the mean diastolic flow was lower. Conclusions. In very preterm infants treated in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the HNHRM, the average RI values of the ACA were: 0,695 at 24 hours; 0,69 at 48 hours; and 0,667 at 72 hours.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2021 Anales de la Facultad de Medicina
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Those authors who have publications with this magazine accept the following terms:
- Authors will retain their copyrights and guarantee the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to Creative Commons Attribution License that allows third parties to share the work as long as its author and its first publication this magazine are indicated.
- Authors may adopt other non-exclusive licensing agreements for the distribution of the version of the published work (eg, deposit it in an institutional electronic file or publish it in a monographic volume) provided that the initial publication in this magazine is indicated.
- Authors are allowed and recommended to disseminate their work over the Internet (eg: in institutional telematic archives or on their website) before and during the submission process, which It can produce interesting exchanges and increase quotes from the published work. (See El efecto del acceso abierto ).
