Low Cardiac Output Secondary to a Malpositioned Umbilical Venous Catheter: Value of Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography

Abstract Systemic hypotension is common in very low birthweight preterm infants but the nature of the precipitating cause may be unclear. Targeted neonatal echocardiography (TnEcho) is being increasingly used to support hemodynamic decisions in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), including iden...

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Main Authors: Dany E. Weisz, Wei Bing Poon, Andrew James, Patrick J. McNamara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2014-03-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0034-1368090