Key result
Intravenous caffeine in preterm infants reduced heart rate variability scaling exponent α1 from 0.92 to 0.86 (p<0.01) and increased pulse pressure variability from 2.1 to 2.5 mmHg (p<0.01).
Why the study?
Does intravenous caffeine alter heart rate and blood pressure variability in preterm infants?
Observational (n=31)
Does intravenous caffeine alter heart rate and blood pressure variability in preterm infants?
Intravenous caffeine administration in preterm infants acutely increases autonomic nervous system responsiveness, reflected by changes in heart rate and blood pressure variability.
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Associated variability changes warrant no practice shift in preterms; leaves open clinical relevance of autonomic effects.
Aim To evaluate the acute effect of intravenous caffeine on heart rate and blood pressure variability in preterm infants. Methods We extracted and compared linear and nonlinear features of heart rate and blood pressure variability at two time points: prior to and in the two hours following a loading dose of 10 mg/kg caffeine base. Results We studied 31 preterm infants with arterial blood pressure data and 25 with electrocardiogram data, and compared extracted features prior to and following caffeine administration. We observed a reduction in both scaling exponents (α1, α2) of mean arterial pressure from detrended fluctuation analysis and an increase in the ratio of short‐ (SD1) and long‐term (SD2) variability from Poincare analysis (SD1/SD2). Heart rate variability analyses showed a reduction in α1 (mean (SD) of 0.92 (0.21) to 0.86 (0.21), p < 0.01), consistent with increased vagal tone. Following caffeine, beat‐to‐beat pulse pressure variability (SD) also increased (2.1 (0.64) to 2.5 (0.65) mmHg, p < 0.01). Conclusion This study highlights potential elevation in autonomic nervous system responsiveness following caffeine administration reflected in both heart rate and blood pressure systems. The observed increase in pulse pressure variability may have implications for caffeine administration to infants with potentially impaired cerebral autoregulation.
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Huvanandana et al. (2018) conducted an observational in Preterm infants (n=31). Intravenous caffeine vs. Prior to caffeine administration (baseline) was evaluated on Heart rate variability scaling exponent α1 (p=<0.01). Intravenous caffeine in preterm infants reduced heart rate variability scaling exponent α1 from 0.92 to 0.86 (p<0.01) and increased pulse pressure variability from 2.1 to 2.5 mmHg (p<0.01).
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