Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Primary graft dysfunction grade 3 following pediatric lung transplantation is associated with chronic lung allograft dysfunction

Wai Wong, Brandy Johnson, Pi Chun Cheng, Maureen B. Josephson, Katsuhide Maeda, Robert A. Berg. Steven M. Kawut, Michael O. Harhay, Samuel B. Goldfarb, Nadir Yehya, Adam S. HimebauchHarvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston. Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Indiana University School of Medicine […]

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Doppler Echocardiographic Features of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Ex-Preterm Children

Yalin Lin, Alena K. Amin, Roberta L. Keller, David F. Teitel, Hythem M. NawaytouUniversity of California, San Francisco.United States Journal of the American Society of EchocardiographyJ Am Soc Echocardiogr 2022; 35: 435-442DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2021.12.015 AbstractBackground: Echocardiography is used to screen for the presence of pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in ex-preterm infants and children. However, there are no standard

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Predicting the Severity and Outcome of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn Using New Echocardiography Parameters

Muhammad Umer Butt, Ahmad Jabri, Hani Hamade, Ahmad Al Abdouh, Mohammed Mhanna, Faris Haddadin, Farhan Nasser, Nour Hammad, Deaa Abu Jazar, Ahmad J. Toumar, Aisha Siraj, Kathir Balakumaran, Michel IlbawiMetrohealth Medical Center. St. Agnes Hospital. University of Toledo. Baylor College of Medicine. University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Centers. University of Texas Medical Branch. Kent Hospital. Advocate Children’s

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Mediastinal shift angle (MSA) measurement with MRI: a simple and effective tool for prenatal risk stratification in fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Wen Ding, Yuanyuan Gu, Huiying Wu, Haiyu Wang, Xiaochun Zhang, Hongying Wang, Li Huang, Rui Zhang, Qiugming He, Wei Zhong, Junjian Lv, Bo Xia, Guanglan Zhang, Shanshan MeiGuangzhou Medical University and Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center. China European RadiologyEur Radiol 2023; 33: 1668-1676DOI: 10.1007/s00330-022-09142-2 AbstractObjectives: To investigate the predictive value of mediastinal shift angle (MSA) in

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Alveolar dead space fraction is not associated with early RV systolic dysfunction in pediatric ARDS

Daniel Chilcote, Laura Mercer-Rosa, Yan Wang, Steven M. Kawut, Robert A. Berg, Nadir Yehya, Adam S. HimebauchPerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2023; 58: 559-565DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26237 AbstractPrimary hypothesis: We hypothesized that higher alveolar dead space fraction (AVDSf) at pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS)

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Neonatal mortality and morbidity in Down syndrome in the time of prenatal aneuploidy testing: a retrospective cohort study

Maurike Dorothea de Groot‑van der Mooren, Lukas Augustinus, Johannes Rammeloo. Roos van der Plas, Peter de Winter, Hester van Wieringen, Anne‑Marie van Wermeskerken, Michel Emile Weijerman, Anton Hubertus van KaamAmsterdam UMC Location and University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute. Amsterdam Reproduction & Development Research Institute. St. Antonius Ziekenhuis. Flevoziekenhuis, Hospitaalweg. Spaarne Gasthuis. KU Leuven. Alrijne Hospital. Netherlands European Journal of PediatricsEur J Pediatr 2023; 182: 319-328DOI: 10.1007/s00431-022-04686-3 AbstractThe total uptake of prenatal aneuploidy screening for Down syndrome

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Outpatient prescription of pulmonary vasodilator therapy to preterm children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Ida Jeremiasen, Karin Tran-Lundmark, Mikaela Dolk, Estelle NaumburgLund University and Skåne University Hospital. Umeå University.Sweden Acta PaediatricaActa Paediatr 2023; 112: 409-416DOI: 10.1111/apa.16615 Abstract Aim: The use of pulmonary vasodilator therapy in children born preterm is largely unknown. Our aim was to map prescription patterns in children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in Sweden.Methods: This was a descriptive national registry-based study

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Pharmacokinetics of L-Citrulline in Neonates at Risk of Developing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension

Candice D. Fike, Charul Avachat, Angela K. Birnbaum, Judy L. Aschner, Catherine M. SherwinUniversity of Utah Health. University of Minnesota. Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and Dayton Children’s Hospital.United States Paediatric DrugsPaediatr Drug 2023; 25: 87-96DOI: 10.1007/s40272-022-00542-x AbstractBackground: Options to treat pulmonary hypertension (PH) in neonates with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)

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Efficacy of sildenafil and high-dose anakinra in an MIS-C patient with pulmonary vasculitis: A case report

Francesco La Torre, Gerolmina Calabrese, Katia Signorile, Francesca Bizzoco, Carla Mastrorilli, Antonella Strippoli, Doriana Amato, Francesco Carella, Ugo Vairo, Paola Giordano, Leonardo Milella, Fabio CardinaleGiovanni XXIII Pediatric Hospital and University of Bari. Italy Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2023; DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.1015617 AbstractMultisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a newly identified clinical entity still not very well

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Successful rapid staged hybrid approach for obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Sameh M. Said, Elizabeth A. Braunlin, James Berry, Ashley Loomis, Gurumurthy, HiremathMaria Fareri Children’s Hospital and Westchester Medical Center. Masonic Children’s Hospital and University of Minnesota. United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2022; 37: 5501-5504DOI: 10.1111/jocs.17053 AbstractObstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) represents a true pediatric cardiac emergency. The patient may present in

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