[Prolonged dopmin infusion in severe respiratory insufficiency in newborn infants].

An effective use of continuous infusion of Dopmin in dose of 2-3 mkg/(kg/min) is described. Dopmin was used in 13 newborns with severe respiratory insufficiency due to postasphyxial syndrome, disease of hyaline membranes and congenital diaphragmal hernia. Continuous infusion of microdoses of Dopmin with artificial ventilation of lungs against the background of a decreased respiratory insufficiency according to clinico-laboratory evidence resulted in decreased value of bloodflow shunt from right to left and oxygen concentration in the inhaled mixture to 45%.