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Selexipag Dosing Strategies for Pediatric Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Madeline Grossman, Stephen Walker, E. Zachary RamseyChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2024; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-024-03513-w AbstractThis retrospective chart review of patients less than 18 years old with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) receiving selexipag was conducted to describe selexipag dosing practices, impact on concomitant PAH therapies, and the safety and efficacy of selexipag. Twenty-seven patients

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Effect of prone positioning ventilation on pulmonary function in neonates during venous-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Kai-Peng Sun, Si-Jia Zhou, Xiu-Hua Chen, Yi-Rong Zheng, Qiang ChenFujian Children’s Hospital (Fujian Branch of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center) and Fujian Medical University.China Translational PediatricsTransl Pediatr 2024; 13: 575-583DOI: 10.21037/tp-23-485 AbstractBackground: The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology has significantly decreased mortality rates associated with neonatal pulmonary hypertension and respiratory failure. Prone positioning ventilation (PPV) is

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Cough-induced chylothorax in a two-year-old boy – case report and review of the literature

Melanie Anger, Julian Hofmann, Bettina Ruf, Marc Steinborn, Daniela Reber, Katharina Warncke, Nikolaus RieberKinderklinik München Schwabing, Munich Klinik and School of Medicine and Technical University of Munich. Germany BioMed Central PediatricsBMC Pediatr 2023; 23:DOI: 10.1186/s12887-023-04221-9 AbstractBackground: Chylothorax is a very rare form of pleural effusion in children, especially after the neonatal period, and predominantly occurs secondary to cardiothoracic

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Inhaled NO at a crossroads in cardiac surgery: current need to improve mechanistic understanding, clinical trial design and scientific evidence

Stefan Muenster, Iratxe Zarragoikoetxea, Andrea Moscatelli, Joan Balcells, Philippe Gaudard, Philippe Pouard, Nandor Marczin, Stefan P. JanssensUniversity Hospital Bonn. Hospital Universitari I Politècnic Fe. IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini. Universitari Vall d’Hebron. University of Montpellier. Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris and Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades. Imperial College. University Hospital Leuven.Germany, Spain, Italy, France, United Kingdom and Belgium Frontiers

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Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated lung disease: A retrospective cohort study

Konstantin E. Belozerov, Natalia M. Solomatina, Eugenia A. Isupova, Alla A. Kuznetsiva, Mikhail M. KostikSaint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University. Children’s City Polyclinic No. 29 of the Kalininsky District of St. Petersburg. Almazov National Medical Research Centre.Russia World Journal of Clinical PediatricsWorld J Clin Pediar 2024; 13:DOI: 10.5409/wjcp.v13.i1.88912 AbstractBackground: Lung damage in systemic juvenile arthritis (sJIA) is one

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Tadalafil in Neonates and Infants With Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Amy Kiskaddon, Tanaka Dang, Daniel MaurielloJohns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and TherapeuticsJ Pediatr Pharmacol Ther 2024; 29: 140-143DOI: 10.5863/1551-6776-29.2.140 AbstractObjectives: The primary outcome of this study was to describe the dosing regimen of tadalafil in neonates and infants diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (PH)

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Occurrence of hyperoxia during iNO treatment for persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn: a cohort study

Justine de Jager, Fleur Brouwer, Jeroen Reijman, Roel L. F. van der Palen, Sylke J. Steggerda, Remco Visser, Arjan B. te Pas, Janneke DekkerLeiden University Medical Center.Netherlands European Journal of PediatricsEur J Pediatr 2024;DOI: 10.1007/s00431-024-05506-6 AbstractHigh concentrations of oxygen are often needed to optimize oxygenation in infants with persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN), but this can also

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Long-term safety and tolerability of ambrisentan treatment for pediatric patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: An open-label extension study

Dunbar Ivy, Maurice Beghetti, Ernesto Juaneda‑Simian, Ramiya Ravindranath, Mary Ann Lukas, Sandra Machlitt‑Northen, Nicola Scott, Jun Narita, Rolf M. F. BergerChildren’s Hospital Colorado. University Children’s Hospital HUG and University of Geneva. Hospital de Niños de la Santísma Trinidad. Glaxo-Smith-Kline. Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine. Beatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen and University of

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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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Oxygen Targets in Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension: Individualized, “Precision-Medicine” Approach

Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Steven H. AbmanUniversity of California, Davis Children’s Hospital. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.United States Clinics in PerinatologyClin Perinatol 2024; 51: 77-94DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2023.12.003 AbstractOxygen is a specific pulmonary vasodilator. Hypoxemia causes pulmonary vasoconstriction, and normoxia leads to pulmonary vasodilation. However, hyperoxia does not enhance pulmonary vasodilation but causes oxidative stress. There are no clinical

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