Medical Therapy. Adverse Effects or Lack of Adverse Effects

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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Vasopressin in newborns with refractory acute pulmonary hypertension

Simon Ouellet, Christine Drolet, Genevéve Morissette, Annie Pellerin, Audrey HébertCHU de Québec, Université Laval. Canada Pediatric ResearchPediatr Res 2024;DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02995-3 AbstractBackground: Acute pulmonary hypertension (aPH) in newborns can be life threatening and challenging to manage. In newborns with refractory aPH, there is currently limited therapeutic agents.Methods: Retrospective single-center cohort study in newborns less than one month old who

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Reversible severe pulmonary hypertension related to scurvy in children

Marin Satawiriya, Apichai Khongphatthanayothin, Alisa LimsuwanFaculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital and Mahidol University. Bangkok Heart Hospital. Chulalongkorn University. Thailand BioMed Central Cardiovascular DisordersBMC Cardiovasc Disord 2024; 24:DOI: 10.1186/s12872-023-03629-6 AbstractBackground: Severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) in childhood is rare and can manifest as a life-threatening episode. We present 2 children with restrictive dietary habits with severe pulmonary hypertension secondary

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Use of Metformin in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after TAPVR Repair

Edward C. Kirkpatrick, Michael E. Mitchell, MD, William G. Thilly, Joseph Cava, Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, Elena V. GostjevaChildren’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. United States Global Pediatric HealthGlob Pediatr Health 2020;DOI: 10.1177/2333794X20958924 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryClass II. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Pulmonary Vein StenosisMedical Therapy. Efficacy or Lack of EfficacyMedical Therapy. Adverse Effects or Lack of Adverse Effects Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary

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