Does cost estimate of hospital stay for premature newborns in a public tertiary hospital in Brazil?
The cost of hospital stays for premature newborns was much greater than the amount reimbursed to the hospital by the Unified Health System. The highest costs corresponded to newborns with lower birth weight. Hospital costs progressively and discretely decreased as the newborns' weight increased.
A small bolus of esmolol can suppress reflex tachycardia without significantly changing mean arterial pressure. Thus, esmolol restores the autonomic imbalance induced by SNP during hypotensive anesthesia.