Abstract | OBJECTIVE: STUDY DESIGN: Case reports are presented of three premature infants (mean gestational age 27 weeks) cared for in the intensive care nursery in whom clinically significant septal hypertrophy and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction developed during dexamethasone treatment for bronchopulmonary dysplasia. The infants were treated with oral propranolol. Serial physiologic and echocardiographic parameters were followed. Physiologic data were analyzed with an analysis of variance, with the Kruskal-Wallis test used for nonparametric data. A p value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | K I Fritz, A M Bhat |
Journal | Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association
(J Perinatol)
1998 Jan-Feb
Vol. 18
Issue 1
Pg. 38-44
ISSN: 0743-8346 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9527943
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
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Chemical References |
- Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
- Glucocorticoids
- Dexamethasone
- Propranolol
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Topics |
- Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
(therapeutic use)
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
(drug therapy)
- Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
(chemically induced, diagnostic imaging, drug therapy)
- Dexamethasone
(adverse effects, therapeutic use)
- Female
- Glucocorticoids
(adverse effects, therapeutic use)
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Premature
- Male
- Propranolol
(therapeutic use)
- Ultrasonography
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