Plasma catecholamines following nursing procedures in a neonatal ward.
Plasma catecholamines (CA) were determined in arterial blood from infants in a neonatal ward before and after various management procedures. Special care led to a 60% increase in plasma noradrenaline levels (P less than 0.02) whereas the adrenaline concentrations were not significantly affected. CA levels tended to be slightly higher after heel prick and gavage feeding than before, but the differences were not significant.
D001794:Blood Pressure; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000009:adverse effects; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood*; D005865:Gestational Age; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood*; D009732:Nursing Care; D010101:Oxygen Consumption
D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine