Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Risk Stratification

Pertussis infection in critically ill infants: meta-analysis and validation of a mortality score

Vladimir L. Cousin, Caroline Caula, Jason Vignot, Raphael Joye, Matthieu Blanc, Clémence Marais, Pierre TissièresAP-HP Paris Saclay University, Bicêtre Hospital. Evelina London Children’s Hospital. Geneva University Hospital. Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. France, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Canada Critical CareCrit Care 2025; 29: DOI: 10.1186/s13054-025-05300-2 AbstractBackground: Despite widespread vaccination programs, pertussis continues circulating within […]

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The prediction value of serum anion gap for short-term mortality in pulmonary hypertension patients with sepsis: a retrospective cohort study

Jinhua Zhu, Zeying Zhang, Yefei Lei, Zhenrong Ouyang, Shelby Kutty, Qiming Liu, Yunbin XiaoFirst People’s Hospital of Chenzhou and Hunan Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Jinan University. Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital of Xiamen University. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Second Xiangya Hospital and Affiliated Children’s Hospital of Central South University. China Frontiers in MedicineFront Med 2025; 11: DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1499677 AbstractBackground: The

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Mortality Prediction in Newborns With Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension: A Comparison of Four Illness Severity Scores

Pattima Pakhathirathien, Gunlawadee Maneenil, Anucha Thatrimontrichai, Supaporn Dissaneevate, Manapat PaditaukritPrince of Songkla University.Thailand Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2025; 60: DOI: 10.1002/ppul.27484 AbstractObjective: This study aimed to compare the accuracy of four neonatal illness severity scores for predicting mortality in persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN).Study design: This retrospective study included neonates diagnosed with PPHN between 2013 and 2022.

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Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; is it Possible to Predict its Outcome?

Hala M. Aghaa, Ranya Hegazy, Ahmed Gamal, Ranya Essam, Antoine A. Elmessih, Ahmed Behairy,Nagib Dahdah, Ahmed Abdelwahed, Nesrine Sobhy, Noha AliSpecialized Pediatric Hospital and Cairo University. CHU Sainte Justine and University of Montreal.Egypt and Canada Journal of the Saudi Heart AssociationJ Saudi Heart Assoc 2024; 36: 408-419DOI: 10.37616/2212-5043.1398 AbstractObjectives: To assess the outcome of pediatric pulmonary arterial

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Use of Right Ventricular Free-Wall Strain in a Multivariable Estimate of Right Ventricular-Arterial Coupling in Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Charles T. Simpkin, D. Dunbar Ivy, Mark K. Friedberg, Dale A. BurkettChildren’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus. Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.United States and Canada Circulation Cardiovascular ImagingCirc Cardiovasc Imag 2024; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.016882 AbstractBackground: Right ventricular-arterial coupling (RVAC) describes the relationship between right ventricular contractility and pulmonary vascular afterload.

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The Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index Provides No Additional Prognostic Information in Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Faye E. Smits, Chantal Lokhorst, Marlies G. Haarman , Mark-Jan Ploegstra , Rolf M. F. Berger, Johannes M. DouwesBeatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen.Netherlands ChildrenChildren 2024; 11: DOI: 10.3390/children11101152 AbstractBackground/objectives: The pulmonary artery pulsatility index (PAPi, calculated as (SPAP – DPAP)/mRAP) has been suggested as a measure of right ventricular-vascular coupling (RVVC)

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Echocardiographic Predictors of Hospital Outcomes in Preterm Neonates with Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Clinical Suspicion of Pulmonary Hypertension

Kristen Graff, Julie R. Ross, Kristen Morella, Shahryar M. ChowdhuryMedical University of South Carolina.United States Journal of NeonatologyJ Neonatol 2023; 37: 384-389DOI: 10.1177/09732179231178127 AbstractBackground: Preterm neonates often have an echocardiogram performed in the first few days of life for suspicion of pulmonary hypertension and patent ductus arteriosus. The usefulness of this echocardiogram in predicting outcomes in this

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Echocardiographic markers at diagnosis of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Sujith S. Pereira, Xander Jacquemyn, Shelby KuttyHomerton University Hospital and Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Barts and the London School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins Hospital. KU Leuven.United Kingdom, United States and Belgium Journal of Perinatal MedicineJ Perinat Med 2024; DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2023-0346 AbstractObjectives: Clinical parameters along with echocardiographic markers are used to interrogate the haemodynamics in persistent pulmonary

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Biomarker screening for pulmonary hypertension in VLBW infants at risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Fernando A. Munoz, Amanda Kim, Brendan Kelly, Emma Olson Jackson, Patrick D. Evers, Daniel Morrow, Amy McCammond, Brian K. Jordan, Brian Scottoine Oregon Health & Science University. Seattle Children’s Hospital. PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend. University of California San Francisco.United States Pediatric ResearchPediatr Res 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41390-024-03517-5 AbstractBackground: Very low birth weight (VLBW) infants demonstrate altered

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Embracing the challenges of neonatal and paediatric pulmonary hypertension

Dunbar Ivy, Erika B. Rosenzweig, Steven H. Abman, Maurice Beghetti, Damien Bonnet, Johannes Menno Douwes, Alessandra Manes, RolfM.F.BergerUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado. Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at WMC Health and New York Medical College of Touro University. Geneva University Hospital and University of Geneva. Necker Hospital for Sick Children. Beatrix

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