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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Garvey AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5898425 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in pediatrics 20180406
For almost half a century, inotropes have been administered to preterm infants with the ultimate goal of increasing their blood pressure. A number of trials, the majority of which focused on dopamine administration, have demonstrated increased blood pressure following inotrope administration in preterm infants and have led to continued use of inotropes in our neonatal units. We have also seen an increase in the number of potential agents available to the clinician. However, we now know that hypo ...[more]