Most common scenarios receiving medical treatment |
Infant with growing
infantile hemangioma of the head/neck (74.1%) |
Most common scenarios NOT receiving medical treatment
|
Older age (59.3%), though upper age limits variable from 6 months to 5
years
Infant with multiple tiny lesions (84.6%)
Older infant with non-growing lesion (84.6%)
Small scalp lesion (53.8%)
|
Most common reasons for close monitoring and/or hospitalization
|
Infant < 5 weeks corrected gestational age (64.3%)
PHACE syndrome (35.7%)
high-risk social situation (39.3%)
|
Most common duration of outpatient observation |
2 hours (39.3%), with
monitoring of blood pressure (75%) and heart rate
(67.9%) |
Most common drug used |
Generic propranolol (65.4%) |
Most common dosing used |
2 mg/kg/day (67.9%) divided in two doses
(57.1%) |
Typical frequency of follow-up evaluations |
Every 4 weeks
(56%) |
Most common duration of therapy |
Until 1 year of age
(57.7%) |
Most common method of discontinuation |
Taper (53.8%) over 4 weeks
(40%) |