Transcutaneous PO2 recording using two sensors in a neonate with preductal coarctation of the aorta.
Simultaneous transcutaneous PO2 (PtcO2) recordings, done on a neonate having preductal coarctation of the aorta, showed markedly lower PtcO2 values in the lower abdominal quadrant (representing postductal blood) than in the subclavicular area (representing preductal blood). Two-sensor PtcO2 recordings are valuable in documenting pathologic ductal shunts commonly associated with disturbed transitional circulation or cardiac malformation in newborn infants.
D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011458:Prostaglandins E; D010100:Oxygen