Admission Systolic Blood Pressure and Outcomes in Preterm Infants of ≤ 26 Weeks' Gestation

Abstract

Objective To examine the relationship between admission systolic blood pressure (SBP) and adverse neonatal outcomes. Specifically, we aimed to identify the optimal SBP that is associated with the lowest rates of adverse outcomes in extremely preterm infants of ≤ 26 weeks' gestation.

Methods In this retrospective study, inborn neonates born at ≤ 26 weeks' gestational age and admitted to tertiary neonatal units participating in the Canadian Neonatal Network between 2003 and 2009 were included. The primary outcome was early mortality (≤ 7 days). Secondary outcomes included severe brain injury, late mortality, and a composite outcome defined as early mortality or severe brain injury. Nonlinear multivariable logistic regression models examined the relationship between admission SBP and outcomes.

Results Admission SBP demonstrated a U-shaped relationship with early mortality, severe brain injury, and composite outcome after adjustment for confounders (p < 0.01). The lowest risks of early mortality, severe brain injury, and composite outcome occurred at admission SBPs of 51, 55, and 54 mm Hg, respectively.

Conclusion In extremely preterm infants of ≤ 26 weeks' gestational age, the relationship between admission SBP, and early mortality and severe brain injury was “U-shaped.” The optimal admission SBP associated with lowest rates of adverse outcome was between 51 and 55 mm Hg.

Keywords

systolic blood pressure - small for gestational age - preterm - neonatal outcomes

Canadian Neonatal Network Investigators

Prakesh S. Shah, MD, MSc (Director of the Canadian Neonatal Network, and site investigator), Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario; Adele Harrison, MD, MBChB, Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia; Anne Synnes, MDCM, MHSC, and Joseph Ting, MD, B.C. Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia; Zenon Cieslak, MD, Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, British Columbia; Rebecca Sherlock, MD, Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, British Columbia; Wendy Yee, MD, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta; Khalid Aziz, MBBS, MA, MEd, and Jennifer Toye, MD, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta; Carlos Fajardo, MD, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta; Zarin Kalapesi, MD, Regina General Hospital, Regina, Saskatchewan; Koravangattu Sankaran, MD, MBBS, and Sibasis Daspal, MD, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Mary Seshia, MBChB, Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Ruben Alvaro, MD, St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Amit Mukerji, MD, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ontario; Orlando Da Silva, MD, MSc, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario; Chuks Nwaesei, MD, Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, Ontario; Kyong-Soon Lee, MD, MSc, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario; Michael Dunn, MD, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario; Brigitte Lemyre, MD, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario; Kimberly Dow, MD, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario; Ermelinda Pelausa, MD, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec; Keith Barrington, MBChB, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Québec; Christine Drolet, MD, and Bruno Piedboeuf, MD, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Sainte Foy Québec; Martine Claveau, MSc, LLM, NNP, and Marc Beltempo, MD, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec; Valerie Bertelle, MD, and Edith Masse, MD, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec; Roderick Canning, MD, Moncton Hospital, Moncton, New Brunswick; Hala Makary, MD, Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital, Fredericton, New Brunswick; Cecil Ojah, MBBS, and Luis Monterrosa, MD, Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, New Brunswick; Akhil Deshpandey, MBBS, MRCPI, Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland; Jehier Afifi, MB BCh, MSc, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Andrzej Kajetanowicz, MD, Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, Nova Scotia; Shoo K Lee, MBBS, PhD (Chairman of the Canadian Neonatal Network), Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.

Funding

Although no specific funding has been received for this study, organizational support was provided by the Maternal-Infant Care Research Centre (MiCare) at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario. MiCare is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Team Grant (FRN87518) awarded to Dr. Lee. The Canadian Neonatal Network is supported by a CIHR Preterm Birth Network Team Grant (PBN150642). Dr. Lyu was supported by a grant from the Beijing Outstanding Talents Oversea Training Project (2012A003034000017). The Canadian Neonatal Network is supported by a CIHR Preterm Birth Network Team Grant (PBN150642). Dr. Shah holds an Applied Research Chair in Reproductive and Child Health Services and Policy Research awarded by the CIHR (APR-126340).

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