Medical Therapy. Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy

The Paradox of Pulmonary Vascular Resistance: Restoration of Pulmonary Capillary Recruitment as a Sine Qua Non for True Therapeutic Success in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

David Langleben, Stylianos E. Orfanos, Benjamin D. Fox, Nathan Messas, Michele Giovinazzo, John D. CatravasJewish General Hospital and McGill University. Evangelismos Hospital and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School. Yitzchak Shamir Hospital and Tel Aviv University. Old Dominion University.Canada, Greece, Israel and United States Journal of Clinical MedicineJ Clin Med 2022; 11:DOI: 10.3390/jcm11154568 AbstractExercise-induced […]

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Perioperative sildenafil therapy in pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital cardiac disease: An updated meta-analysis

Shajie Ur Rehman Usmani, Syed Umar Hasan, Syed Hasan Ali, Syeda Hoorulain Ahmed, Neha Pervez, Muhammad Danial, Owais Khan, Dominique L. Tucker, M. Mujeeb ZubairDow University of Health Sciences. Case Western Reserve University. Cedars-Sinai Hospital.Pakistan and United States Asian Journal of SurgeryAsian J Surg 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.03.003 AbstractTo provide an updated meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy

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Rapid genome diagnosis of alveolar capillary dysplasia leading to treatment in a child with respiratory and cardiac failure

Dana R. Tower, Ronald W. Day, Tighe Marrone, Rachel Palmquist, Lincoln D. Nadauld, Joshua L. Bonkowsky, Sabrina Malone JenkinsUniversity of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children’s Hospital. Intermountain Precision Genomics. United States Cold Spring Harbor Molecular Case StudiesCold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud 2024; 9:DOI: 10.1101/mcs.a006292 AbstractAlveolar capillary dysplasia (ACD) is a fatal disorder that

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Improving Outcomes in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Novel Pursuits and Paradigm Shifts

Rachel D. VanderlaanHospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSeminThorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2024; 27: 92-99DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2024.01.003 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) remains a clinical challenge, with progressive restenosis being common. In the past five years, we have seen an exponential increase in both clinical and scientific publication

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Acute Lung Edema as a Presentation of Severe Acute Reentry High-Altitude Illness in a Pediatric Patient

Alfredo Merino-Luna, Julio Vizcarra-AnayaSan Pablo Clinic Huaraz. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas.Peru Case Reports in PediatricsCase Rep Pediatr 2020;DOI: 10.1155/2020/8871098 AbstractAcute high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a pathology involving multifactorial triggers that are associated with ascents to altitudes over 2,500 meters above sea level (m). Here, we report two pediatric cases of reentry HAPE, from the

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High-altitude Illnesses and Air Travel: Pediatric Considerations

Nelson Villca, Adriana Asturizaga, Alexandra Heath-FreudenthalHospital Materno Infantil. Hospital de la Banca Privada. Kardiozentrum.Bolivia Pediatric Clinics of North AmericaPediatr Clin North Am 2021; 68: 305-319 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2020.09.015 AbstractHealthy children may present acute mountain sickness (AMS) within a few hours after arrival at high altitudes. In few cases, serious complications may occur, including high-altitude pulmonary edema and rarely

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[Reentry High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema in Pediatric Patients]

Luis Riaño Lópeza, Rossana Figueredoa, Pablo Vásquez-HoyosFundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud.Columbia Andes PediatricaAndes Pediatr 2021; 92: 257-262DOI: 10.32641/andespediatr.v92i2.2977 AbstractIntroduction: High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) occurs when a person without adequate pulmonary adaptation ascends above 2500 meters above sea level. Usually, it is more frequent among those living at low altitudes, however, it can occur in people

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High-altitude resident pulmonary edema induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection in children – A case series

Yumei Mi, Lisu Huang, Jieming Liu, Huamao Chao, Weilin Hu, Guodong ShanChildren’s Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine.  Zhejiang Cancer Hospital and People’s Hospital of Haixi Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province. The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University. China International Journal of Infectious DiseasesInt J Infect Dis 2023; 135: 118-122DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.08.015 AbstractFrom December 2022 to

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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Treatment of Pediatric High Altitude Pulmonary Edema: A Case Study

Ryan Hodnick, Michael L. Cohen, Joseph B. Loehner, Jennifer MazzantiTrans Aero Medevac. TriState CareFlight.United States Wilderness and Environmental MedicineWilderness and Environ Med 2024; 35: 78-81DOI: 10.1177/10806032231222003 AbstractTreatment of high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) can be challenging and is further complicated in the pediatric patient in the prehospital environment. The following case presents a decompensating pediatric patient

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High Altitude Pulmonary Edema in a Healthy Pediatric Patient Traveling from Denver to Breckenridge

Matthew Adamo, Kayla E. Prokopakis, Todd BolotinMercy Health St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital. Centura Health St. Anthony Breckenridge Mountain Clinic.United States Open Accaess Emergency MedicineOpen Access Emerg Med 2022; 14:DOI: 10.2147/OAEM.S334485 AbstractA healthy 11-year-old boy presented with headache, nausea, and cough to a clinic at 2926 meters of altitude one day after ascending from his home altitude

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