Medical Therapy. Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy

An electrochemical nitric oxide generator for in-home inhalation therapy in pulmonary artery hypertension

Yiwei Liu, Yifan Zhu, Chenyu Jiang, Zhanhao Su, Yi Yan, Bei Feng, Wen Mao, Yuyan Zhang, Xiaojian Wang, Zhuoming Xu, Hao ZhangShanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Fuwai Hospital and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College. Ludwig Maximilian University Munich. artner site Munich Heart Alliance. Nanjing Novlead Biotechnology […]

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Oral hymecromone decreases hyaluronan in human study participants

Joelle I. Rosser, Nadine Nagy, Riya Goel, Gernot Kaber, Sally Demirdjian, Jamie Saxena, Jennifer B. Bollyky, Adam R. Frymoyer, Ana E. Pacheco-Navarro, Elizabeth B. Burgener, Jayakumar Rajadas, Zhe Wang, Olga Arbach, Colleen E. Dunn, Anissa Kalinowski, Carlos E. Milla, Paul L. BollykyStanford University. UCSF School of Pharmacy. Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin

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Response categorization and outcomes in extremely premature infants born at 22-26 weeks gestation that received inhaled nitric oxide for hypoxic respiratory failure

Timothy J. Boly, John M. Dagle, Jonathan M. Klein, Danielle R. Rios, Patrick J. McNamara, Regan E. GiesingerUniversity of Iowa.United States Journal of PerinatologyJ Perinatol 2023; 43: 324-331DOI: 10.1038/s41372-022-01582-4 AbstractObjective: To evaluate the outcomes of extremely premature infants who received inhaled nitric oxide(iNO) for hypoxic respiratory failure(HRF).Study design: Retrospective analysis of 107 infants born 22-26 weeks gestation who

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Prevalent pharmacotherapy of US Fontan survivors: A study utilizing data from the MarketScan Commercial and Medicaid claims databases

Michael L. O’Byrne, Jennifer A. Faerber, Hannah Katcoff, Jing Huang, Jonathan B. Edelson, David M. Finkelstein, Bethan Lemley, Christopher M. Janson, Catherine M. Avitabile, Andrew C. Glatz, David J. GoldbergChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. United States American Heart JournalAm Heart J 2022; 243: 158-166DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2021.09.012 AbstractBackground: Survivors of

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Use of Vasopressin as Rescue Therapy in Refractory Hypoxia and Refractory Systemic Hypotension in Term Neonates with Severe Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension-A Prospective Observational Study

Sachin Shah, Saleha Dhalait, Anurag Fursule, Jayant Khandare, Amita KaulSurya Mother & Child Superspeciality Hospital.India America Journal of PerinatologyAm J Perinatol 2022; DOI: 10.1055/a-1969-1119 AbstractObjective: Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is a serious cardiorespiratory problem. PPHN is frequently associated with refractory hypoxia and hypotension, and optimal management has the potential to improve important clinical outcomes

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An Adolescent Patient With Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Weaned Off Intravenous Epoprostenol Following Treatment With Selexipag: A Case Report

Ayako Chida-Nagai, Takao Tsujioka, Daisuke Sasaki, Gaku Izumi, Hirokuni Yamazawa, Atsuhito TakedaHokkaido University Hospital.Japan Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2022; DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.909595 AbstractIdiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare, progressive disease affecting the pulmonary arteries. Epoprostenol, a synthetic prostaglandin analog, is the most potent pharmacological treatment modality used in patients with PAH. However, it requires continuous

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Clinical impact of subcutaneous treprostinil in trisomy 21 patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with CHD

Ryusuke Numata, Kiyohiro Takigiku, Kouta TakeiNagano Children’s HospitalJapan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2022; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121005096 AbstractSubcutaneous treprostinil is commonly used to improve idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension in children. However, its effectiveness has not been reported in trisomy 21. We report the case of 9-year-old boy in trisomy 21 with CHD-pulmonary artery hypertension after surgical correction

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Outpatient prescription of pulmonary vasodilator therapy to preterm children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Ida Jeremiasen, Karin Tran-Lundmark, Mikaela Dolk, Estelle NaumburgLund University and Skåne University Hospital. Umeå University.Sweden Acta PaediatricaActa Paediatr 2023; 112: 409-416DOI: 10.1111/apa.16615 Abstract Aim: The use of pulmonary vasodilator therapy in children born preterm is largely unknown. Our aim was to map prescription patterns in children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in Sweden.Methods: This was a descriptive national registry-based study

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Efficacy of sildenafil and high-dose anakinra in an MIS-C patient with pulmonary vasculitis: A case report

Francesco La Torre, Gerolmina Calabrese, Katia Signorile, Francesca Bizzoco, Carla Mastrorilli, Antonella Strippoli, Doriana Amato, Francesco Carella, Ugo Vairo, Paola Giordano, Leonardo Milella, Fabio CardinaleGiovanni XXIII Pediatric Hospital and University of Bari. Italy Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2023; DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.1015617 AbstractMultisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a newly identified clinical entity still not very well

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Worsened short-term clinical outcomes in a cohort of patients with iNO-unresponsive PPHN: a case for improving iNO responsiveness

Julie Dillard, Leeann R. Pavlek, Saichidroopi Korada, Bernadette ChenSt. Louis University. Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University.United States Journal of PerinatologyJ Perinatol 2022; 42: 37-44DOI: 10.1038/s41372-021-01228-x AbstractObjectives: To identify distinguishing characteristics of neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) unresponsive to inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) and evaluate the use of milrinone in this cohort.Study

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