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Interpretation of cardiac troponin measurements in neonates--the devil is in the details. Commentary to trevisanuto et Al.: cardiac troponin I in asphyxiated neonates (biol neonate 2006;89:190-193). 新生儿心肌肌钙蛋白测量的解释——细节决定成败。trevisanuto等人的评论:窒息新生儿的心肌肌钙蛋白I (biol neonatal 2006;89:190-193)。
Biology of the neonate Pub Date : 2006-01-01 Epub Date: 2005-11-04 DOI: 10.1159/000089549
David C Gaze, Paul O Collinson
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引用次数: 11
Purine and pyrimidine metabolism and electrocortical brain activity during hypotension in near-term lambs. 近期羔羊低血压期间嘌呤和嘧啶代谢与脑皮层电活动。
Biology of the neonate Pub Date : 2006-01-01 Epub Date: 2005-09-08 DOI: 10.1159/000088196
Sandra van Os, Ronney de Abreu, Jeroen Hopman, Karina Wethly, Margot van de Bor
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引用次数: 3
The timing of neonatal brain damage. 新生儿脑损伤的时机。
Biology of the neonate Pub Date : 2006-01-01 Epub Date: 2006-03-01 DOI: 10.1159/000092517
Rodolfo Bracci, Serafina Perrone, Giuseppe Buonocore
{"title":"The timing of neonatal brain damage.","authors":"Rodolfo Bracci,&nbsp;Serafina Perrone,&nbsp;Giuseppe Buonocore","doi":"10.1159/000092517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000092517","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although neonatal morbidity and mortality are less than in the past, the risk of pre-natal and neonatal brain damage has not been eliminated. In order to optimize pre-natal, perinatal and neonatal care, it is necessary to detect factors responsible for brain damage and obtain information about their timing. Knowledge of the timing of asphyxia, infections and circulatory abnormalities would enable obstetricians and neonatologists to improve prevention in pre-term and full-term neonates. Cardiotocography has been criticized as being too indirect a sign of fetal condition and as having various technical pitfalls, though its reliability seems to be improved by association with pulse oximetry, fetal blood pH and electrocardiography. Neuroimaging is particularly useful to determine the timing of hypoxic-ischemic brain damage. Cranial ultrasound has been used to determine the type and evolution of brain damage. Magnetic resonance has also been used to detect antenatal, perinatal and neonatal abnormalities and timing on the basis of standardized assessment of brain maturation. Advances in the interpretation of neonatal electroencephalograms have also made this technique useful for determining the timing of brain lesions. Nucleated red blood cell count in cord blood has been recognized as an important indication of the timing of pre-natal hypoxia, and even abnormal lymphocyte and thrombocyte counts may be used to establish pre-natal asphyxia. Cord blood pH and base excess are well-known markers of fetal hypoxia, but are best combined with heart rate and blood pressure. Other markers of fetal and neonatal hypoxia useful for determining the timing of brain damage are assays of lactate and markers of oxidative stress in cord blood and neonatal blood. Cytokines in blood and amniotic fluid may indicate chorioamnionitis or post-natal infections. The determination of activin and protein S100 has also been proposed. Obstetricians and neonatologists can therefore now rely on various methods for monitoring the risk of brain damage in the antenatal and post-natal periods.</p>","PeriodicalId":9091,"journal":{"name":"Biology of the neonate","volume":"90 3","pages":"145-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000092517","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25944622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 63
Lung disease and brain development. 肺部疾病和大脑发育。
Biology of the neonate Pub Date : 2006-01-01 Epub Date: 2006-06-01 DOI: 10.1159/000092865
Petra Huppi, Stephane Sizonenko, Maurizio Amato
{"title":"Lung disease and brain development.","authors":"Petra Huppi,&nbsp;Stephane Sizonenko,&nbsp;Maurizio Amato","doi":"10.1159/000092865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000092865","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With the technical progress made in fetal and neonatal intensive care, perinatal mortality has decreased by 25% over the last decade and has expanded the surviving premature population. Prematurity drastically changes the environment of the developing organism. Striking evidence from a number of disciplines has focused attention on the interplay between the developing organism and the circumstances in which it finds itself. The environmental event during a sensitive period in development, induces injury and/or biological adaptations that lead to altered differentiation of tissues. The organism can express specific adaptive responses to its environment which include short-term changes in physiology as well as long-term adjustments. This review addresses these short-term as well as longer-term changes occurring in lung and brain tissue and illustrates how these changes can be studied using advanced imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging</p>","PeriodicalId":9091,"journal":{"name":"Biology of the neonate","volume":"89 4","pages":"284-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000092865","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26085524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 10
Positive end-expiratory pressure modifies response to recombinant and natural exogenous surfactant in ventilated immature newborn rabbits. 呼气末正压改变未成熟新生兔对重组和天然外源性表面活性剂的反应。
Biology of the neonate Pub Date : 2006-01-01 Epub Date: 2005-09-06 DOI: 10.1159/000093820
Anne Hilgendorff, Irwin Reiss, Clemens Ruppert, Thilo Hanfstingl, Ann Sophie Seliger, Andreas Gunther, Michael Ebsen, Ludwig Gortner
{"title":"Positive end-expiratory pressure modifies response to recombinant and natural exogenous surfactant in ventilated immature newborn rabbits.","authors":"Anne Hilgendorff,&nbsp;Irwin Reiss,&nbsp;Clemens Ruppert,&nbsp;Thilo Hanfstingl,&nbsp;Ann Sophie Seliger,&nbsp;Andreas Gunther,&nbsp;Michael Ebsen,&nbsp;Ludwig Gortner","doi":"10.1159/000093820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000093820","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Different types of surfactant preparations were shown not to exert uniform response in preterm infants suffering from respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Therefore, the effects of a recombinant surfactant protein C (rSP-C) based preparation and a natural surfactant were compared applying different levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in experimental RDS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Preterm rabbits (n = 7-14 per group; 27 days gestation; term 30 days) were randomized for receiving either 100 mg/kg rSP-C or natural bovine surfactant and were compared with saline treated controls. Animals were ventilated for 30 min with either 0.3 or 0 kPa PEEP at standardized tidal volumes and lung mechanics were measured as well as lung histology and mRNA expression of surfactant associated proteins B and C by real-time PCR.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The PEEP level applied (0.3 vs. 0 kPa) largely influenced dynamic compliance after administration of rSP-C surfactant (4.45 vs. 2.58 ml/kg), whereas natural surfactant improved compliance regardless of the PEEP applied (4.86 vs. 4.24 ml/kg) compared to controls (2.41 vs. 1.55 ml/kg). Accordingly, administration of PEEP significantly increased alveolar count in all groups as well as SP-C mRNA expression, whereas SP-B expression and protein content both remained unchanged.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Response to rSP-C surfactant depends on the PEEP level applied in our model of neonatal RDS. These findings should be considered for the conception of clinical trials regarding treatment strategies in neonatal RDS.</p>","PeriodicalId":9091,"journal":{"name":"Biology of the neonate","volume":"90 3","pages":"210-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000093820","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26077983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 9
Mechanisms regulating the ductus arteriosus. 调节动脉导管的机制。
Biology of the neonate Pub Date : 2006-01-01 Epub Date: 2006-06-01 DOI: 10.1159/000092870
Ronald I Clyman
{"title":"Mechanisms regulating the ductus arteriosus.","authors":"Ronald I Clyman","doi":"10.1159/000092870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000092870","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) results in increased pulmonary blood flow and redistribution of flow to other organs. Several co-morbidities (i.e., necrotizing enterocolitis, intracranial hemorrhage, pulmonary edema/hemorrhage, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and retinopathy) are associated with the presence of a PDA, but whether or not a PDA is responsible for their development is still unclear. In this review, comparative physiology between the full term and preterm newborn and the barriers preventing the necessary cascade of events leading to permanent constriction of the PDA are reviewed.</p>","PeriodicalId":9091,"journal":{"name":"Biology of the neonate","volume":"89 4","pages":"330-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000092870","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26085529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 247
New synthetic surfactant - how and when? 新型合成表面活性剂——如何及何时?
Biology of the neonate Pub Date : 2006-01-01 Epub Date: 2006-06-01 DOI: 10.1159/000092871
Tore Curstedt, Jan Johansson
{"title":"New synthetic surfactant - how and when?","authors":"Tore Curstedt,&nbsp;Jan Johansson","doi":"10.1159/000092871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000092871","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Animal-derived surfactant preparations are very effective in the treatment of premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome but they are expensive to produce and supplies are limited. In order to widen the indications for surfactant treatment there is a need for synthetic preparations, which can be produced in large quantities and at a reasonable cost. However, development of clinically active synthetic surfactants has turned out to be more complicated than initially anticipated. The hydrophobic surfactant proteins, SP-B and SP-C, which are involved in the adsorption of surface-active lipids to the air-liquid interface of the alveoli and increase alveolar stability, are either too big to synthesize, structurally complex or unstable in pure form. A new generation of synthetic surfactants containing simplified phospholipid mixtures and small amounts of peptides replacing the hydrophobic proteins is currently under development and will in the near future be introduced into the market. However, more trials need to be performed before any conclusions can be drawn about the effectiveness of these synthetic surfactants in relation to natural animal-derived preparations.</p>","PeriodicalId":9091,"journal":{"name":"Biology of the neonate","volume":"89 4","pages":"336-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000092871","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26085530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 33
Spontaneous contraction of pseudoglandular-stage human airspaces is associated with the presence of smooth muscle-alpha-actin and smooth muscle-specific myosin heavy chain in recently differentiated fetal human airway smooth muscle. 在新近分化的胎儿人气道平滑肌中,假腺期人气道的自发收缩与平滑肌- α -肌动蛋白和平滑肌特异性肌球蛋白重链的存在有关。
Biology of the neonate Pub Date : 2006-01-01 Epub Date: 2005-11-17 DOI: 10.1159/000089797
Hitesh C Pandya, Jennifer Innes, Rachel Hodge, Porus Bustani, Michael Silverman, Sailesh Kotecha
{"title":"Spontaneous contraction of pseudoglandular-stage human airspaces is associated with the presence of smooth muscle-alpha-actin and smooth muscle-specific myosin heavy chain in recently differentiated fetal human airway smooth muscle.","authors":"Hitesh C Pandya,&nbsp;Jennifer Innes,&nbsp;Rachel Hodge,&nbsp;Porus Bustani,&nbsp;Michael Silverman,&nbsp;Sailesh Kotecha","doi":"10.1159/000089797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000089797","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Recent investigations demonstrating that pseudoglandular-stage airspaces contract spontaneously suggest that the production of contractile proteins by airway wall smooth muscle (ASM) is an important factor in the functional and structural differentiation of ASM.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>Ouraim was to determine if smooth muscle (SM)-myosin heavy chain (MHC) myofilaments, the 'motor' underlying SM contraction, and SM-alpha-actin myofilaments were distributed simultaneously in pseudoglandular-stage human lungs and to further define the nature of fetal airway contractions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Immunohistochemically stained sections of fetal lung (14 fetuses, 10.1-17 weeks gestation) were analysed by computer-assisted morphometry to determine airspace dimensions and detect SM-MHC- and SM-alpha-actin-ASM. Lung tissue from the same fetuses was also placed in explant culture to observe airway contractions using videomicroscopy. We found that the smallest airspaces were just as likely to be invested by a layer of SM-MHC-positive ASM as by a layer of SM-alpha-actin-positive ASM. In addition, larger airways or airways from more mature fetal lungs were more likely to be invested by either SM-MHC- or SM-alpha-actin-positive ASM. Spontaneous airspace contractions were peristalsis-like and variable in amplitude. The time interval between contractions was temperature dependent (mean+/-SEM, 44+/-7.5 s at 37 degrees C), shortened by carbachol and increased by nitric oxide (NO)-donating drugs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These observations suggest that ASM differentiation is characterised by the simultaneous production of SM-alpha-actin and SM-MHC myofilaments and that the presence of these proteins is likely to be responsible for cholinergic- and NO-sensitive spontaneous contractions of fetal human airspaces.</p>","PeriodicalId":9091,"journal":{"name":"Biology of the neonate","volume":"89 4","pages":"211-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000089797","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25707307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 14
Urinary S-100B concentrations in term and preterm infants at risk for brain damage. 足月和早产儿尿S-100B浓度有脑损伤风险。
Biology of the neonate Pub Date : 2006-01-01 Epub Date: 2005-12-06 DOI: 10.1159/000090120
Katharina Ruetzler, Christoph Bührer, Ingrid Grimmer, Christian Müller, Nicole Nagdyman, Michael Obladen
{"title":"Urinary S-100B concentrations in term and preterm infants at risk for brain damage.","authors":"Katharina Ruetzler,&nbsp;Christoph Bührer,&nbsp;Ingrid Grimmer,&nbsp;Christian Müller,&nbsp;Nicole Nagdyman,&nbsp;Michael Obladen","doi":"10.1159/000090120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000090120","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Elevated serum concentrations of S-100B, a 21-kDa protein expressed in astroglial cells, has been used to assess cerebral damage after head trauma, infection, ischemia, and perinatal asphyxia.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>As S-100B is eliminated by the kidneys, we investigated the feasibility of measuring S-100B in urine of newborns with severe perinatal asphyxia, and in very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants at risk for neurodevelopmental impairment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We first analyzed urine samples of 8 term or near-term newborns without major medical problems, followed by urine samples of 2 term newborns with severe birth asphyxia, and finally urine samples of 8 VLBW (gestational age 24-28 weeks) infants collected every 4 h for up to 10 days.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Urinary S-100B concentrations in 8 term or near-term newborns without major medical problems were consistently <1 microg/l. In 2 term newborns with severe asphyxia (Apgar 0/0/0 and 0/2/4) who subsequently had widespread cerebral damage on magnetic resonance imaging, peak urinary S-100B concentrations on the first day of life were 28.1 and 28.4 microg/l, respectively. In 5/8 VLBW infants, urinary S-100B was> microg/l in samples obtained on the first day of life (range 1.2-44.9 microg/l, median 6.8 microg/l). Peak S-100B in urine samples collected during the first 12 h of life were negatively related to gestational age (R(s)=-0.882, p=0.009). Three of the 8 preterm infants had peak urinary concentrations>0 microg/l but neither ultrasound signs of brain damage nor neurodevelopmental delay at 1 year corrected age.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The determination of urinary S-100B concentrations might be helpful in term infants with severe asphyxia, while high urinary S-100B concentrations in preterm infants are to be attributed to immaturity.</p>","PeriodicalId":9091,"journal":{"name":"Biology of the neonate","volume":"89 4","pages":"260-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000090120","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25732697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 8
Dexamethasone alters vascular reactivity by enhancing COX-related vasodilatation in fetal ovine carotids. 地塞米松通过增强胎羊颈动脉cox相关的血管扩张来改变血管反应性。
Biology of the neonate Pub Date : 2006-01-01 Epub Date: 2005-12-14 DOI: 10.1159/000090340
Danilyn M Angeles, Melody Chang, Valerie Leong, Kerby C Oberg, William J Pearce
{"title":"Dexamethasone alters vascular reactivity by enhancing COX-related vasodilatation in fetal ovine carotids.","authors":"Danilyn M Angeles,&nbsp;Melody Chang,&nbsp;Valerie Leong,&nbsp;Kerby C Oberg,&nbsp;William J Pearce","doi":"10.1159/000090340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000090340","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on preliminary studies that contractile efficacy was altered in vertebral and basilar arteries from neonatal donors treated with postnatal glucocorticoids, we examined the hypothesis that postnatal dexamethasone (DEX), a glucocorticoid used for respiratory disease in neonates, can alter vascular reactivity. Using near-term fetal lamb carotids, we measured 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) dose-response relationship in DEX-treated and untreated arteries. We found that DEX incubation for 1 h had no effect on 5-HT sensitivity and agonist affinity but significantly reduced 5-HT contractile efficacy, a response that became even more pronounced after 4 h of DEX treatment. Coincubation of DEX-treated arteries with INDO for 4 h reversed this DEX-induced attenuation in 5-HT contractile efficacy, although DEX had no significant effects on cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 and COX-2 protein abundance. This data suggests that DEX alters vascular reactivity through a COX-related mechanism, with possible repercussions to neurological injury.</p>","PeriodicalId":9091,"journal":{"name":"Biology of the neonate","volume":"90 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000090340","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25749545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 4
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