Effect of caffeine on neonatal splanchnic blood flow.
Doppler ultrasound was used to study the effect of the first intravenous dose of caffeine on splanchnic haemodynamics in preterm neonates. Peak systolic velocity in the superior measenteric artery and coeliac axis was significantly reduced for 6 hours after caffeine infusion. The effect of this reduction in blood flow to the neonatal gut is not known.
D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000187:drug effects; D002110:Caffeine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002447:Celiac Plexus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013152:Splanchnic Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler