Medical Therapy. Adverse Effects or Lack of Adverse Effects

Treprostinil Use in the NICU

Diana LeeUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.United States Advances in Neonatal CareAdv Neonat Care 2024; 24: 554-560DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000001218 AbstractBackground: Treprostinil is a prostacyclin analogue that is frequently used in the pediatric and adult population to treat pulmonary hypertension; however, it is not often a drug of choice for patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).Purpose: To evaluate […]

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Oral sildenafil versus bosentan for treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn: a randomized controlled trial

Aditya Kallimath, Sujata Deshpande, Pari Singh, Reema Garegrat, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Rajesh Maheshwari, Pradeep SuryawanshiBharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College. Imperial College. University of California Davis Children’s Hospital. Westmead Hospital.India, United Kingdom, United States and Australia BioMedical Central PediatricsBMC Pediatr 2024; 24: DOI: 10.1186/s12887-024-05107-0 AbstractBackground: Access to inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is limited in low resource

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Oxygen saturation targets in neonatal care: A narrative review

Tri C. Nguyen, Rajeshwari Madappa, Heather M. Siefkes, Michelle J. Lim, Kanya Mysore Siddegowda, Satyan LakshminrusimhaKaiser Permanente North California. SIGMA Hospital. University of California Davis Children’s Hospital.United States Early Human DevelopmentEarly Hum Dev 2024; 199:DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106134 AbstractOptimal oxygenation requires the delivery of oxygen to meet tissue metabolic demands while minimizing hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and oxygen toxicity.

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Current Pharmaceutical Strategies in the Management of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN): A Comprehensive Review of Therapeutic Agents

Divyanshi Kaplish, Jayant D. Vagha, Sachin Rathod, Aditya JainJawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research.India CureusCureus 2024; 16: DOI: 10.7759/cureus.70307 AbstractPersistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN) is a life-threatening condition characterized by the failure of normal circulatory transition after birth, leading to sustained pulmonary hypertension and severe hypoxemia. Despite

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Vasopressin induced hyponatremia in infants <3 months of age in the neonatal intensive care unit

Kavita Patel, Sharon Thomson, Meera Vijayan, Marjorie Makoni, Peter N. Johnson, Katy Stephens, Stephen B. Neely, Jamie L. MillerUniversity Health, San Antonio. Oklahoma Children’s Hospital at Oklahoma University Health, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. United States Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2024; 12DOI: 10.3389/fped.2024.1465785 AbstractObjectives: Vasopressin

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Massive pulmonary thromboembolism in an adolescent with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Verónica Chauriye Kuncar, Cecilia Castillo Acevedo, Carlos Acuña Aguirre, Piaignacia Díaz EspejoHospital Luis Calvo Mackenna.Chile Archivos Argentinos De PediatriaArch Argent Pediatr 2024; DOI: 10.5546/aap.2024-10474.eng AbstractThromboembolic events incidence is low in pediatrics; high suspicion and explicit management algorithms are essential. We present a 12-year-old female patient with two weeks of dyspnea, orthopnea, and ankle edema. Tests showed

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Nintedanib preserves lung growth and prevents pulmonary hypertension in a hyperoxia-induced lung injury model

Kathy L. Ding, Caroline Smith, Gregory Seedorf, Steven H. AbmanUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine.United States Pediatric ResearchPediatr Res 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41390-024-03562-0 AbstractBackground: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), the chronic lung disease associated with prematurity, is characterized by poor alveolar and vascular growth, interstitial fibrosis, and pulmonary hypertension (PH). Although multifactorial in origin, the pathophysiology of BPD is partly

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A Belgian consensus on sotatercept for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Jean-Luc Vachiéry, Catharina Brlge, Bjorn Cools, An Damen, Fabian Demeure, Michel De Pauw, Céline Dewachter, Daniel De Wolf, Laurence Gabriel, Laurent Godinas, Julien Guiot, Steven Haine, Mathias Leys, Marc Meysman, Anne-Catherine-Pouleur, Davis Ruttens, Els Vansteenkiste, Wendy Vansteenkiste, Thierry Weber, Gil Wirtz, Marion DelcroixHôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles Erasme. University Hospitals of Leuven and University of Leuven.

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Phase 3 Trial of Sotatercept for Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Marius M. Hoeper, David B. Badesch, H. Ardeschir Ghofrani, J. Simon R. Gibbs, Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, Valerie V. McLaughlin, Ioana R. Preston, Rogerio Souza, Aaron B. Waxman, Ekkehard Grünig, Grzegorz Kopeć, Gisela Meyer, Karen M. Olsson, Stephan Rosenkranz, Yayun Xu, Barry Miller, Marcie Fowler, John Butler, Jeorg Koglin, Janethe de Oliveira Pena, and Marc Humbert, for

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Biological impact of manual blood exchange in malignant Bordetella pertussis infection in infants

Vladimir L. Cousin, Caroline Caula, Pierre TissieresAssistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris and Paris Saclay University and Bicêtre Hospital. Geneva University Hospital. Hôpital Robert-Debré. France and Switzerland Vox SanguinisVox Sang 2024; DOI: 10.1111/vox.13722 AbstractBackground and objectives: Manual blood exchange (MBE) is a leukoreduction therapy for hyperleukocytosis in Bordetella spp.Infection: We describe the impact of BE on clinical and

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