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Great variability in practice persists, with a significant number of extremely low gestational age newborns in some institutions receiving some form of intervention, and in other units substantially less. A great degree of this variability relates to the actual criteria used to define hypotension, with some using blood pressure values alone to direct therapy and others using a combination of clinical, biochemical and echocardiography findings. The choice of intervention remains unresolved with the majority of centres continuing to administer volume followed by dopamine as a first line inotrope\/vasopressor agent. Despite over 40 years of use there is little evidence that dopamine is of benefit both in the short term and long-term. Long-term follow up is available in only two randomised trials, which included a total of 99 babies. An under recognized problem relates to the administration of inotrope infusions in very preterm infants. There are no pediatric specific inotrope formulations available and so risks of errors in preparation and administration remain. This manuscript outlines these challenges and proposes some potential solutions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children2020272","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,6,15]],"date-time":"2015-06-15T10:57:58Z","timestamp":1434365878000},"page":"272-288","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Challenges in Treating Low Blood Pressure in Preterm Infants"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Eugene","family":"Dempsey","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork City post code, Ireland"},{"name":"Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), Cork, Ireland"},{"name":"Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Wilton Cork, Ireland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,6,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"272","DOI":"10.1038\/sj.jp.7210563","article-title":"Variations in prevalence of hypotension, hypertension, and vasopressor use in NICUs","volume":"21","author":"Pursley","year":"2001","journal-title":"J. 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