Inter-observer variability of right ventricular output measurement in newborn infants: an observational study.

Autor: Alfarano A; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy. angela.alfarano@asst-spedalicivili.it., Marzollo R; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy., Bosio MI; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy., Tomasi C; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy., Codega A; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy., Picciau L; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy., Motta M; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy., Risso FM; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The international journal of cardiovascular imaging [Int J Cardiovasc Imaging] 2024 May; Vol. 40 (5), pp. 1011-1017. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 12.
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-024-03066-2
Abstrakt: Neonatologist Performed Echocardiography (NPE) is one of the emerging technologies used to evaluate Systemic Blood Flow (SBF) in term and preterm infants. Right Ventricular Output (RVO) can assess SBF correctly in the absence of significant interatrial or interventricular shunts, even in the presence of a large patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), but only few studies evaluated inter-observer variability in neonates. Furthermore, measuring pulmonary peak flow (PF) provides a simple screening tool for low SBF state, easier and faster to perform than RVO; no previous studies evaluated PF inter-observer variability. To describe inter-observer variability of RVO and PF measurement in neonates. We conducted a prospective observational study in term and preterm infants admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Echocardiographic examinations were performed by two expert neonatologists, blinded to each other. Recordings were analyzed off-line to assess RVO and PF variability between observers. We analyzed a cohort of 33 neonates, 17 of them born prematurely. Inter-observer mean difference for RVO was 22,1 mL/kg/min (p = 0.005); the biggest discrepancy was due to pulmonary valve diameter measurement (p = 0.0001). Inter-observer mean difference for PF measurement was not statistically significant. We found a statistically significant inter-observer variability for RVO measurement, consistent with previous reports; PF instead showed low inter-observer variability. For this reason, PF could be evaluated in future studies as a surrogate for RVO in both term and preterm infants, especially in emergency conditions or in presence of a poor echocardiographic window.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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