From: The microcirculation of the critically ill pediatric patient
Author [ref] | Year | Age range | n | SDF/OPS | Site | Outcome |
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Genzel-Boroviczeny et al. [53] | 2002 | Preterm and term, 1-5 days | 28 | OPS | Skin | Feasibility study: RBC velocity increased from day 1-5 in premature neonates and correlated with decrease in hemoglobin |
Genzel-Boroviczeny et al. [54] | 2004 | Preterm, 19-39 days | 13 | OPS | Skin | FCD improved 2 hours and 24 hours after blood transfusion |
Kroth et al. [55] | 2008 | Preterm, 0-30 days | 25 | OPS | Skin | FCD decreased significantly over the first month of life |
Top et al. [57] | 2009 | Term, 0-18 days | 14 | OPS | Buccal mucosa | FCD was reduced in neonates with severe respiratory failure and improved following use of veno-arterial extracorporeal |
 |  |  |  |  |  | membrane oxygenation |
Weidlich et al. [58] | 2009 | Preterm, 0-30 days | 10 | OPS | Skin | FCD decreased 1 day before clinical signs of infection appeared |
Hiedl et al. [56] | 2010 | Preterm, 3-8 days | 25 | SDF | Â | Patients with persistent ductus arteriosus had reduced FCD, which improved after treatment |
Top et al. [49] | 2010 | 0-3 years | 45 | OPS | Buccal mucosa | FCD of the buccal mucosa decreased after the first week of life |
Top et al. [59] | 2010 | 0-15 years | 21 | OPS | Buccal mucosa | Persistence of depressed FCD was associated with a worse outcome in children with septic shock |
Top et al. [60] | 2010 | 0-3 years | 8 | OPS | Buccal mucosa | Inhaled NO improves the systemic microcirculation in children with hypoxemic respiratory failure |