Randomised trial of dopamine compared with hydrocortisone for the treatment of hypotensive very low birthweight infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Bourchier, David ^a   Weston, Philip J ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Hydrocortisone; Hypotension; Plasma cortisol; Very low birthweight

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE;

EID: 0030804756     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.76.3.F174     Document Type: Article

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