Hypoproteinemia on the first day of life and adverse outcome in very preterm infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit.

Date publication

juillet 2012

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BINQUET Christine , Pr QUANTIN Catherine

Tous les auteurs :
Iacobelli S, Bonsante F, Lacoutiere C, Ferdynus C, Cottenet J, Binquet C, Quantin C, Gouyon JB

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21960129

Résumé

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate the relationship between day-1 hypoproteinemia and severe adverse outcome (SAO) in very preterm infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study of all patients born from 24 to 31 weeks gestation and cared for in our NICU over an 8-year period. Infants were excluded if the serum protein value on the first day of life was not available. RESULT: A total of 913 patients were included. In all, 14.6% presented with SAO (death or severe neurological injury on cranial ultrasound). Hypoproteinemia (total protein level

Référence

J Perinatol. 2012 Jul;32(7):520-4