Class 3. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Lung Hypoplasia

Intra-Amniotic Sildenafil and Rosiglitazone Late in Gestation Ameliorate the Pulmonary Hypertension Phenotype in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Shino Yoshida, Olivia Eichelberger, Michael Ulis, Alexander M. Kreger, George K. Gittes, Joseph T. ChurchUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. University of Michigan Medical School.United States Pediatric SurgeryPediatr Surg 2024;DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.01.010 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary hypertension remains difficult to manage in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Prenatal therapy may ameliorate postnatal pulmonary hypertension. We […]

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Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Shiran S. Moore, Roberta L. Keller, Gabriel AltitDana Dwek Children’s Hospital and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and University of California San Francisco. McGill University Health Centre and Montreal Children’s Hospital.Israel, United States and Canada Clinics in PerinatologyClin Perinatol 2024; 51: 151-170DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2023.10.001 AbstractThis review provides a comprehensive summary of the current

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Survival of Infants With Severe Congenital Kidney Disease After ECMO and Kidney Support Therapy

Kara Short, Martha McBride, ScottAnderson, Rachel Miller, Daryl Ingram, Carl Coghill, Brian Sims, David AskenaziChildren’s of Alabama and University of Alabama at Birmingham.United States PediatricsPediatrics 2024; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-062717 AbstractCongenital kidney failure not only affects the homeostatic functions of the kidney, but also affects neonatal respiratory integrity. Until recently, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support was not used

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Rescuing lung development through embryonic inhibition of histone acetylation

Giangela Stokes, Zhuowei Li, Nicole Talaba, William Genthe, Maria B. Brix, Betty Pham, Mark D. Weihold, Gracia Sandok, Rebecca Hernan, Julia Wynn, Haiyang Tang, Diana M. Tabima, Allison Rodgers, Timothy A. Hacker, Naomi C. Chesler, Pan Zhang, Rabi Murad, Jason X.-J. Yuan, Yufeng Shen, Wendy K. Chung, David J. McCulleyUniversity of California, San Diego. University

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Fetal MRI-Based Mediastinal Shift Angle (MSA) and Percentage Area of Left Ventricle (pALV) as Prognostic Parameters for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Greta Thater, Lara Angermann, Silviu-Viorel Virlan, Christel Weiss, Neysan Rafat, Michael Boettcher, Julia Elrod, Tom Bayer, Oliver Nowak, Stefan O. Schönberg, Meike WeisUniversity Medical Center Mannheim. Hospital Stuttgart. Germany Journal of Clinical MedicineJ Clin Med 2024; 13:DOI: 10.3390/jcm13010268 AbstractObjective: Fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is broadly used as a method for assessing prognosis in congenital diaphragmatic hernia

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Predischarge death or lung transplantation in tracheostomy and ventilator dependent grade 3 bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Roy Maynard, Madeline Armstrong, Katrin O’Grady, Brooke Moore, Stephen Kurachek, George B. Mallory, William WheelerChildren’s Minnesota. Pediatric Home Service. Johns Hopkins University. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2024;DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26837 AbstractBackground: Premature infants surviving beyond a postmenstrual age (PMA) of 36 weeks with severe or grade 3 bronchopulmonary dysplasia (sBPD)

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LRP4 site-specific variants in the third β-propeller domain causes congenital myasthenic syndrome type 17

Tariq Al Jabry, Nadia Al-Hashmi, Basem Abdelhadi, Almundher Al-MaawaliSultan Qaboos University Hospital. Royal Hospital.Oman European Journal of Medical GeneticsEir J Med Genet 2023;DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2023.104903 AbstractLRP4 is expressed in many organs. It mediates SOST-dependent inhibition of bone formation and acts as an inhibitor of WNT signaling. It is also a postsynaptic end plate cell surface receptor at

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Vascular reactivity is altered in the placentas of fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Emily J. J. Horn-Oudshoorna, Michelle Broekhuizena, Madhavi S. Harhangi, Sinno H. P. Simons, Alex J. Eggink, A. H. Jan Danser, Irwin K. M. Reiss, Philip L. J. DeKoninckErasmus MC University Medical Center.Netherlands PlacentaPlacenta 2023; 145: 51-59DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2023.11.015 AbstractIntroduction: Infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) often develop pulmonary hypertension but frequently fail to respond to vasodilator therapy, for

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Patent ductus arteriosus shunting direction and diameter predict inpatient outcomes in newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Min Bao, Tao Wu, Jinghui Guo, Ying Wang, Aimei Cao, Chao Liu, Yandong Wei, Chunhua Zheng, Lin Shi, Lishuang MaChildren’s Hospital in Capital Institute of Pediatrics.China Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2023; 11:DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1272052 AbstractObjective: To evaluate whether the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) can serve as a predictive factor for inpatient outcomes in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) patients.Methods: A

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Spontaneous breathing in selected neonates with very mild congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Florian Kipfmueller, Judith Leyens, Flaminia Pugnaloni, Bartolomeo Bo, Tamara Grass, Lotte Lemloh, Lukas Schroeder, Patrizia Nitsch‐Felsecker, Christoph Berg, Andreas Heydweiller, Brigitte Strizek, Andreas MuellerChildren’s Hospital and University Hospital Bonn and University of Bonn. “Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital. Germany and Italy Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2023; DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26791 AbstractAims: Current treatment guidelines recommend immediate postnatal intubation in all neonates

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