Use of thrombolytic agents to treat neonatal thrombosis in clinical practice

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Among children, neonates have the highest incidence of thrombosis. Thrombolytic agents are used for the management of life and/or organ-threatening thrombosis. Literature on the efficacy and safety of thrombolytic agents in neonates is limited. We reviewed the evidence on dosing, administration, monitoring and treatment duration of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), streptokinase and urokinase (URK) in neonates (≤ 28days). A systematic literature search was conducted of current databases from inception until 31 March 2021. The initial search yielded 6881 articles and 18 were retained for review. tPA, streptokinase and URK was utilized in 12, seven and four studies on 115, 51 and 16 patients, respectively. The dose range for tPA, streptokinase and URK was 0.01 -0.6 mg/kg/h, 50-2000 and 1000-0 000 units/kg/h, respectively, and treatment duration ranged from 30 min to 30 days. This is the first study to objectively summarize the efficacy and safety of thrombolytic agents in neonates. Overall, thrombolysis was associated with 87.9% complete or partial thrombus resolution and 7.4% recurrence risk. The bleeding risk associated with thrombolytic agents was 23.1% on pooled analysis, which is higher than other anticoagulants. Larger prospective studies are required to determine effective dosing regimens of these therapeutic drugs and further clarify their efficacy and safety. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 33:000-000 Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 33(2022), 4 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 193-200

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Leong, Russell [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Jay [VerfasserIn]
Samji, Nasrin [VerfasserIn]
Paes, Bosco A [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Anthony K C [VerfasserIn]
Petropoulos, Jo-Anne [VerfasserIn]
Bhatt, Mihir D [VerfasserIn]
Thrombosis, Hemostasis in Newborns (THiN) Group [VerfasserIn]

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EC 3.4.-
EC 3.4.21.68
EC 3.4.21.73
Fibrinolytic Agents
Journal Article
Review
Streptokinase
Tissue Plasminogen Activator
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator

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Date Completed 02.06.2022

Date Revised 24.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MBC.0000000000001134

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM338162119