title: Mean arterial blood pressure and neonatal cerebral lesions.
abstract: Computerised continuous measurement of mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) and serial cranial ultrasonography in 33 infants of less than 31 weeks' gestation showed that a MAP of less than 30 mm Hg for over an hour was significantly associated with severe haemorrhage, ischaemic cerebral lesions, or death within 48 hours. No severe lesions developed with a MAP greater than or equal to mm Hg.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Miall-Allen
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Whitelaw
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000150:complications*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography