Naslov
Vasodilatory prostaglandins in perinatal hypoxic brain damage

Autori
Šumanović-Glamuzina, Darinka ; Čulo, Filip ; Čulo, Melanie-Ivana ; Konjevoda, Paško ; Božić, Tomica ; Robović, Adisa ; Vukšić, Ivana ; Bilinovac, Željko ; Kuzman, Zdravko

Izvornik
Collegium antropologicum (0350-6134) 32 (2008), S1; 183-187

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, kratko priopcenje, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
prostaglandins; perinatal hypoxia; hxpoxic ischemic encepalopathy; cerebrospinal fluid; neurological outcome

Sažetak
Prostaglandin (PGE2 and PGI2) synthesis was determined in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum of 19 hypoxic neonates at the age of 5-96 hours by using Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) method. Control group consisted of 8 children of the same age whose samples were taken due to initial suspicion of neonatal meningitis. The prostaglandin concentrations in CSF were correlated with initial hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) stage and neurological findings of patients at the age of 12 months. The values of PGE2 and PGI2 in the CSF of children with perinatal hypoxia (PNH) were significantly higher than in the children from the control group. The values of PGI2 in serum were significantly higher than in "CSF" of patients with PNH. Although average values of PGE2 and PGI2 in the liquor were higher in children with advanced stage of HIE, the differences between different stages were not statistically significant. We did not find any significant correlation between average concentrations ofprostaglandins and neurological findings of the 12-month-old children

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti, Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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