CLINICAL AND LABORATORY OBSERVATIONS - PHOTOTHERAPY-ASSOCIATED CHANGES IN MESENTERIC BLOOD-FLOW RESPONSE TO FEEDING IN TERM NEONATES

Authors
YAO AC MARTINUSSEN M JOHANSEN OJ BRUBAKK AM
Citation
Ac. Yao et al., CLINICAL AND LABORATORY OBSERVATIONS - PHOTOTHERAPY-ASSOCIATED CHANGES IN MESENTERIC BLOOD-FLOW RESPONSE TO FEEDING IN TERM NEONATES, The Journal of pediatrics, 124(2), 1994, pp. 309-312
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
124
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
309 - 312
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1994)124:2<309:CALO-P>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Doppler blood flow velocity of the superior mesenteric artery was meas ured preprandially and postprandially in 12 term neonates during photo therapy and 4 hours after discontinuation of this therapy. The postpra ndial increase in blood flow velocity was significantly less during th an after phototherapy. We suggest that the phototherapy-induced periph eral vasodilation may be responsible for diverting blood from the inte stines and limiting the normal neonatal postprandial response.