Dopamine Versus Dobutamine for Treatment of Arterial Hypotension in Term and Preterm Neonates
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2016-12-01
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Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of Dobutamine as compared to Dopamine in
term and preterm neonates with arterial hypotension on cerebral and renal oxygenation,
fractional tissue oxygen extraction, mean arterial blood pressure and cardiac output.
The investigators hypothesize that Dopamine has a stronger effect on blood pressure than
Dobutamine but Dobutamine has a stronger effect on cerebral oxygenation and cardiac output
than Dopamine.