Is Propranolol Safe and Effective for Outpatient Use for Infantile Hemangioma? A Prospective Study of 679 Cases From One Center in China.
| Autor: | Chang L; From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China., Ye X, Qiu Y, Ma G, Jin Y, Chen H, Lv D, Yu W, Yang X, Wang T, Lin X |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Annals of plastic surgery [Ann Plast Surg] 2016 May; Vol. 76 (5), pp. 559-63. |
| DOI: | 10.1097/SAP.0000000000000506 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: The protocol for the treatment of infantile hemangioma with propranolol varies among different clinical centers. Methods: Six hundred seventy-nine patients who were 1 to 12 months old were recruited in this prospective study to receive propranolol treatment. The response to the propranolol therapy was classified as 4 levels. The results were primarily evaluated using color Doppler ultrasound examinations before and after propranolol treatment. Results: The response was excellent in 176 (25.9%), good in 492 (72.5%), stable in 5 (0.7%), and poor in 6 (0.9%) of the patients. The mean age at the initiation of the therapy was 3.3 months (range, 1 to 10.9 months) and the mean duration of the therapy was 7.1 months (range, 3-17 months). The mean duration of the follow-up time after the discontinuation of the therapy was 5.3 months (range, 3-17 months). Regrowth of the hemangioma was observed in 92 cases (13.5%). Seventy-nine (11.6%) of the parents complained of their child's minor discomfort during the therapy. Conclusions: Propranolol (2 mg/kg per day) may significantly reduce the size of a hemangioma. As an outpatient therapy, propranolol was found to be safe for Chinese children and to have minor side effects. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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