Randomized indomethacin trial for prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage in very low birth weight infants
Ment L, Duncan C, Ehrenkranz R, Kleinman C, Pitt B, Taylor J, Scott D, Stewart W, Gettner P. Randomized indomethacin trial for prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage in very low birth weight infants. The Journal Of Pediatrics 1985, 107: 937-943. PMID: 3906073, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(85)80197-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal intraventricular hemorrhageIntraventricular hemorrhagePostnatal hoursDuctus arteriosusLow birth weight infantsIndomethacin-treated groupIndomethacin-treated infantsPlacebo-treated patientsBirth weight infantsInitiation of therapyPatent ductus arteriosusCardiac ultrasound studiesIndomethacin trialApgar scoreWeight infantsPreterm neonatesControl infantsGestational ageOverall incidenceCerebral microvasculatureSerum electrolytesUrinary outputBirth weightClotting functionsUltrasound studyBeagle puppy model of perinatal cerebral infarction. Acute changes in regional cerebral prostaglandins during hemorrhagic hypotension.
Ment L, Stewart W, Duncan C, Cole J, Pitt B. Beagle puppy model of perinatal cerebral infarction. Acute changes in regional cerebral prostaglandins during hemorrhagic hypotension. Journal Of Neurosurgery 1985, 63: 899-904. PMID: 4056903, DOI: 10.3171/jns.1985.63.6.0899.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerinatal cerebral infarctionPeriventricular white matterNewborn beagle pupsHemorrhagic hypotensionWhite matterCerebral infarctionNeuropathological changesThromboxane B2Beagle pupsMean arterial blood pressureSlow venous hemorrhagePeriventricular white matter regionsArterial blood pressureProstaglandin E2 levelsEffects of hypotensionCerebral blood flowProstaglandin determinationsBeagle puppy modelStable breakdown productWhite matter regionsCerebral prostaglandinsBlood pressureIntensive carePuppy modelPGF1 alpha