eprintid: 10141334 rev_number: 17 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/14/13/34 datestamp: 2022-01-06 15:02:21 lastmod: 2023-01-20 07:10:22 status_changed: 2022-01-06 15:02:21 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Howarth, C creators_name: Leung, T creators_name: Banerjee, J creators_name: Eaton, S creators_name: Morris, J creators_name: Aladangady, N title: Regional cerebral and splanchnic tissue oxygen saturation in preterm infants – longitudinal normative measurements ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: D13 divisions: G22 divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F42 note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: BACKGROUND: To investigate regional splanchnic and cerebral tissue oxygen saturation in preterm infants <30 weeks gestation. METHODS: Cerebral (cTOI) and splanchnic (sTOI) Tissue Oxygenation Index were measured weekly in 5 min epochs for a total period of 60 min using NIRS (NIRO-300) for the first 8 weeks of life, in 48 appropriately grown preterm infants born at <30 weeks gestation. Infants who developed HPI and/or NEC (n = 12) and those that died (n = 1) were excluded from our main outcome measure of regional gut and cerebral tissue oxygenation in healthy preterm infants <30 weeks gestation. RESULTS: Median birthweight 789 g (460–1486), gestational age 25+6 weeks (23+0–29+1) and 51.4% female. 217 NIRS measurements were completed across the first 8 weeks of life. Mean weekly cTOI ranged from 56.8–65.4% and sTOI ranged from 36.7–46.0%. Mean cTOI was significantly higher than mean sTOI (p < 0.001) throughout the first 8 weeks of life. Mean cTOI decreased significantly with increasing postnatal age [−0.59% each week (−1.26% to −0.07%) p = 0.04]. None of the examined confounding factors had a significant effect. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first report of regional cerebral and splanchnic tissue oxygen saturation ranges during the first 8 weeks of life for preterm infants born at <30 weeks gestation. date: 2022-02 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105540 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1913103 doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105540 lyricists_name: Eaton, Simon lyricists_name: Leung, Terence lyricists_id: SEATO65 lyricists_id: TSTLE21 actors_name: Eaton, Simon actors_id: SEATO65 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Early Human Development volume: 165 article_number: 105540 citation: Howarth, C; Leung, T; Banerjee, J; Eaton, S; Morris, J; Aladangady, N; (2022) Regional cerebral and splanchnic tissue oxygen saturation in preterm infants – longitudinal normative measurements. Early Human Development , 165 , Article 105540. 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105540 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105540>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10141334/1/NIRS%20normal%20distribution%20article_EHD_accepted.pdf