Skip to main content

Limitation of pulsatility index as a diagnostic tool in the newborn.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Hancock, PJ; Goldberg, RN; Bancalari, E; Hill, MC; Castillo, T
Published in: Crit Care Med
March 1983

Pulsatile flow in the anterior cerebral arteries was studied and pulsatility index (PI) calculated by 3 observers in 10 newborn infants in order to establish the reproducibility of a noninvasive Doppler technique. No significant differences were noted among the observers and the estimated error of observation was 0.073. Subsequently, 14 healthy preterm infants were studied daily by a single observer in an attempt to establish a normal range of PI for prematures in the first 5 days of life. The babies were concomitantly studied with serial ultrasound examinations to rule out intracranial hemorrhage. The study revealed good interobserver reliability but wide variation of PI in normal, healthy premature infants with values falling within abnormal ranges previously described in asphyxiated infants or those with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). Caution is advised in using the PI to predict outcome.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Crit Care Med

DOI

ISSN

0090-3493

Publication Date

March 1983

Volume

11

Issue

3

Start / End Page

186 / 188

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography
  • Pulse
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases
  • Infant, Premature
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans
  • Emergency & Critical Care Medicine
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Hancock, P. J., Goldberg, R. N., Bancalari, E., Hill, M. C., & Castillo, T. (1983). Limitation of pulsatility index as a diagnostic tool in the newborn. Crit Care Med, 11(3), 186–188. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-198303000-00008
Hancock, P. J., R. N. Goldberg, E. Bancalari, M. C. Hill, and T. Castillo. “Limitation of pulsatility index as a diagnostic tool in the newborn.Crit Care Med 11, no. 3 (March 1983): 186–88. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-198303000-00008.
Hancock PJ, Goldberg RN, Bancalari E, Hill MC, Castillo T. Limitation of pulsatility index as a diagnostic tool in the newborn. Crit Care Med. 1983 Mar;11(3):186–8.
Hancock, P. J., et al. “Limitation of pulsatility index as a diagnostic tool in the newborn.Crit Care Med, vol. 11, no. 3, Mar. 1983, pp. 186–88. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00003246-198303000-00008.
Hancock PJ, Goldberg RN, Bancalari E, Hill MC, Castillo T. Limitation of pulsatility index as a diagnostic tool in the newborn. Crit Care Med. 1983 Mar;11(3):186–188.

Published In

Crit Care Med

DOI

ISSN

0090-3493

Publication Date

March 1983

Volume

11

Issue

3

Start / End Page

186 / 188

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography
  • Pulse
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases
  • Infant, Premature
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans
  • Emergency & Critical Care Medicine
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage