Tuuli Metsvaht

Summary

Affiliation: University of Tartu
Country: Estonia

Publications

  1. ncbi Meropenem vs standard of care for treatment of late onset sepsis in children of less than 90 days of age: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
    Irja Lutsar
    Institute of Microbiology, University of Tartu, Estonia
    Trials 12:215. 2011
  2. ncbi Ampicillin versus penicillin in the empiric therapy of extremely low-birthweight neonates at risk of early onset sepsis
    Tuuli Metsvaht
    Pediatric Intensive Care, Tallinn Children s Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
    Pediatr Int 53:873-80. 2011
  3. ncbi Comparison of ampicillin plus gentamicin vs. penicillin plus gentamicin in empiric treatment of neonates at risk of early onset sepsis
    T Metsvaht
    Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Clinics, Tartu, Estonia
    Acta Paediatr 99:665-72. 2010
  4. ncbi Clinical parameters predicting failure of empirical antibacterial therapy in early onset neonatal sepsis, identified by classification and regression tree analysis
    Tuuli Metsvaht
    Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Clinics, Lunini 6, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
    BMC Pediatr 9:72. 2009
  5. ncbi Aortic arch thrombosis in a neonate with heterozygous carrier status of factor V Leiden mutation
    Tuuli Metsvaht
    Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Clinics, Tartu, Estonia
    Congenit Heart Dis 1:40-5. 2006
  6. ncbi Pharmacokinetics of penicillin g in very-low-birth-weight neonates
    Tuuli Metsvaht
    Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Tartu University Clinics, Lunini 6, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:1995-2000. 2007
  7. ncbi Blood loss related to participation in pharmacokinetic study in preterm neonates
    Lenne Triin Heidmets
    Department of Pharmacology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
    Neonatology 100:111-5. 2011
  8. ncbi Inflicted traumatic brain injury (ITBI) or shaken baby syndrome (SBS) in Estonia
    Inga Talvik
    Children s Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, Estonia
    Acta Paediatr 95:799-804. 2006
  9. ncbi Low cerebral blood flow velocity and head circumference in infants with severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and poor outcome
    Pilvi Ilves
    Radiology Service, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
    Acta Paediatr 98:459-65. 2009
  10. ncbi Acutely and retrospectively diagnosed perinatal stroke: a population-based study
    Rael Laugesaar
    Children s Clinic of Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
    Stroke 38:2234-40. 2007

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Publications13

  1. ncbi Meropenem vs standard of care for treatment of late onset sepsis in children of less than 90 days of age: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
    Irja Lutsar
    Institute of Microbiology, University of Tartu, Estonia
    Trials 12:215. 2011
    ..The study will start recruitment in September 2011; the total duration is of 24 months. TRIAL REGISTRATION: EudraCT 2011-001515-31...
  2. ncbi Ampicillin versus penicillin in the empiric therapy of extremely low-birthweight neonates at risk of early onset sepsis
    Tuuli Metsvaht
    Pediatric Intensive Care, Tallinn Children s Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
    Pediatr Int 53:873-80. 2011
    ..There are no comparative data on the impact of different empiric antibiotic regimens on early bowel colonization as well as on clinical efficacy in extremely low-birthweight (ELBW) neonates at risk of early onset sepsis (EOS)...
  3. ncbi Comparison of ampicillin plus gentamicin vs. penicillin plus gentamicin in empiric treatment of neonates at risk of early onset sepsis
    T Metsvaht
    Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Clinics, Tartu, Estonia
    Acta Paediatr 99:665-72. 2010
    ..We aimed to compare the clinical efficacy of ampicillin (AMP) vs. penicillin (PEN) both combined with gentamicin in the empirical treatment of neonates at risk of early onset neonatal sepsis (EOS)...
  4. ncbi Clinical parameters predicting failure of empirical antibacterial therapy in early onset neonatal sepsis, identified by classification and regression tree analysis
    Tuuli Metsvaht
    Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Clinics, Lunini 6, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
    BMC Pediatr 9:72. 2009
    ..We aimed to identify clinical and laboratory markers associated with empiric antibiotic treatment failure in neonates with suspected EOS...
  5. ncbi Aortic arch thrombosis in a neonate with heterozygous carrier status of factor V Leiden mutation
    Tuuli Metsvaht
    Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tartu University Clinics, Tartu, Estonia
    Congenit Heart Dis 1:40-5. 2006
    ..In chronic organized thrombi thrombolytic therapy is likely to fail...
  6. ncbi Pharmacokinetics of penicillin g in very-low-birth-weight neonates
    Tuuli Metsvaht
    Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Tartu University Clinics, Lunini 6, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:1995-2000. 2007
    ..We conclude that in VLBW infants a PEN dose of 25,000 IU (15 mg)/kg q12h is safe and sufficient to achieve serum concentrations above the MIC(90) for group B streptococci for the entire dosing interval...
  7. ncbi Blood loss related to participation in pharmacokinetic study in preterm neonates
    Lenne Triin Heidmets
    Department of Pharmacology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
    Neonatology 100:111-5. 2011
    ..The amount of blood that can be safely drawn from a preterm neonate for scientific purposes is poorly established...
  8. ncbi Inflicted traumatic brain injury (ITBI) or shaken baby syndrome (SBS) in Estonia
    Inga Talvik
    Children s Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, Estonia
    Acta Paediatr 95:799-804. 2006
    ..Inflicted traumatic brain injury (ITBI) or shaken baby syndrome (SBS) is recognized as a major cause of disability and death in the paediatric population...
  9. ncbi Low cerebral blood flow velocity and head circumference in infants with severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and poor outcome
    Pilvi Ilves
    Radiology Service, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
    Acta Paediatr 98:459-65. 2009
    ..To evaluate long-term changes in cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) and head circumference in asphyxiated infants...
  10. ncbi Acutely and retrospectively diagnosed perinatal stroke: a population-based study
    Rael Laugesaar
    Children s Clinic of Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
    Stroke 38:2234-40. 2007
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  11. ncbi Understanding pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics in managing neonatal sepsis
    Irja Lutsar
    Tartu University, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Tartu, Estonia
    Curr Opin Infect Dis 23:201-7. 2010
    ..This review describes recent pharmacokinetic and/or pharmacodynamic studies of antimicrobial agents used for treatment of neonatal sepsis...
  12. ncbi Drug utilisation pattern and off-label use of medicines in Estonian neonatal units
    Jana Lass
    Institute of Microbiology, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia
    Eur J Clin Pharmacol 67:1263-71. 2011
    ..To characterise neonatal hospital drug use and to compare the availability of drug information between Estonian Summaries of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and other sources...
  13. ncbi Descriptive epidemiology of spinal muscular atrophy type I in Estonia
    Eve Vaidla
    Department of Paediatrics, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia
    Neuroepidemiology 27:164-8. 2006
    ..Only one of the patients was female. Typical SMN1 gene deletion was found in all cases...