Abdulhamit Tuten, Emre Dincer, Sevilay Topcuoglu, Selim Sancak, Selahattin Akar, Handan Hakyemez Toptan, Elif Özalkaya, Tulin Gokmen, Fahri Ovalı, Guner Karatekin
AIM: Early hemodynamic assessment of global parameters in critically ill newborns fails and requires mostly invasive measurements in neonatal intensive care unit. Clinical signs are frequently used for assessment of peripheral perfusion. Perfusion index (PI) is a new noninvasive numerical value of peripheral perfusion. Serum lactate levels and PI are the indicators that are important in determining prognosis of preterm infants. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship of serum lactate levels and PI with mortality and morbidity in very low-birth weight infants (VLBW)...
May 2017: Journal of Maternal-fetal & Neonatal Medicine