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Seven cases of heart arrest or pronounced bradycardia during 308 correct catheterizations of the umbilical vein in the first hours of life are reported. The indications for the catheterization were: 1. unsuccessful catheterization of the umbilical arteries in newborns with respiratory distress or post-asphyxia syndrome; 2. exchange transfusions for severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia or sepsis; 3. monitoring the central vein pressure in severely compromised shocky newborns. Cardiac massage was always effective, at least temporarily, in restoring the heart activity. However, only three infants survived. Two of them had normal follow-up reported at 6 and 12 months respectively. The immediate risks and the necessary precautions for carrying out umbilical vein catheterization in severely ill newborns in the first hours of life are stressed.
F F Rubaltelli, and
V Zanardo, and
O S Saia, and
R D D'Elia, and
G Audino, and
G Largajolli, and
F Cantarutti
March 1971,
American journal of diseases of children (1960),
F F Rubaltelli, and
V Zanardo, and
O S Saia, and
R D D'Elia, and
G Audino, and
G Largajolli, and
F Cantarutti
March 1974,
The Medical journal of Australia,
F F Rubaltelli, and
V Zanardo, and
O S Saia, and
R D D'Elia, and
G Audino, and
G Largajolli, and
F Cantarutti
May 1980,
The Journal of family practice,
F F Rubaltelli, and
V Zanardo, and
O S Saia, and
R D D'Elia, and
G Audino, and
G Largajolli, and
F Cantarutti
September 1972,
Southern medical journal,
F F Rubaltelli, and
V Zanardo, and
O S Saia, and
R D D'Elia, and
G Audino, and
G Largajolli, and
F Cantarutti
January 1979,
African journal of medicine and medical sciences,
F F Rubaltelli, and
V Zanardo, and
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R D D'Elia, and
G Audino, and
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F Cantarutti
August 1975,
Clinical pediatrics,
F F Rubaltelli, and
V Zanardo, and
O S Saia, and
R D D'Elia, and
G Audino, and
G Largajolli, and
F Cantarutti
June 1978,
Clinical pediatrics,
F F Rubaltelli, and
V Zanardo, and
O S Saia, and
R D D'Elia, and
G Audino, and
G Largajolli, and
F Cantarutti
December 1966,
Circulation,
F F Rubaltelli, and
V Zanardo, and
O S Saia, and
R D D'Elia, and
G Audino, and
G Largajolli, and
F Cantarutti
June 1978,
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine,
F F Rubaltelli, and
V Zanardo, and
O S Saia, and
R D D'Elia, and
G Audino, and
G Largajolli, and
F Cantarutti
December 1969,
Pediatrics,
