[ULTRASOUND MONITORING OF CENTRAL AND CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMICS DURING THE TREATMENT OF ARTERIAL HYPOTENSION IN PRETERM INFANTS].

The purpose of the study was to evaluate and identify patterns of changes in central and cerebral hemodynamics in neonates with low and extremely low birth weight and birth asphyxia, in order to achieve the early diagnosis of disorders of the central hemodynamics and autoregulation of cerebral blood flow, for timely fluid correction and inotropic therapy. Observation data on 44 preterm infants who were treated at the Kharkiv City Perinatal Centre and Regional Children's Clinical Hospital №1 of Kharkiv has been analyzed. Ultrasound control of the central and cerebral hemodynamics needs to be carried out within the first 30 minutes in premature neonates with low and extremely low birth weight who were born with severe asphyxia. This method of the hypotension correction allows to select the volume of fluids and inotropic therapy individually, preventing development of undesirable side effects.