title: Vasodilatory prostaglandins in perinatal hypoxic brain damage.
abstract: Prostaglandin (PGE2 and PGI2) synthesis was determined in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum of 19 hypoxic neonates at the age of 5-96 hours by using Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) method. Control group consisted of 8 children of the same age whose samples were taken due to initial suspicion of neonatal meningitis. The prostaglandin concentrations in CSF were correlated with initial hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) stage and neurological findings of patients at the age of 12 months. The values of PGE2 and PGI2 in the CSF of children with perinatal hypoxia (PNH) were significantly higher than in the children from the control group. The values of PGI2 in serum were significantly higher than in "CSF" of patients with PNH. Although average values of PGE2 and PGI2 in the liquor were higher in children with advanced stage of HIE, the differences between different stages were not statistically significant. We did not find any significant correlation between average concentrations ofprostaglandins and neurological findings of the 12-month-old children.
authors.affiliation: Neonatology and Intensive Care Unit of the Children's Department, University Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina dara.glamuzina@tel.net.ba
authors.forename: Darinka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sumanović-Glamuzina
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Culo
authors.forename: Melanie-Ivana
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Culo
authors.forename: Pasko
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Konjevoda
authors.forename: Tomica
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bozić
authors.forename: Adisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robović
authors.forename: Ivana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vuksić
authors.forename: Zeljka
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bilinovac
authors.forename: Zdravko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kuzman
mesh_terms: D001034:Apgar Score; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000145:classification; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D011464:Epoprostenol; D015232:Dinoprostone