Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Risk factors and neonatal outcomes of pulmonary air leak syndrome in extremely preterm infants: A nationwide descriptive cohort study

Seong Hee Oh, Hyun-Seung Jin, Chan-Hoo ParkUniversity of Ulsan College of Medicine and Gangneung Asan Hospital. Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine and Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital.Republic of Korea MedicineMedicine 2023; 102DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000034759 AbstractMost extremely preterm infants (EPIs), who were born before 28 weeks of gestation, with pulmonary air leak syndrome (ALS) are symptomatic, often […]

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Inhaled nitric oxide use in newborns

Souvik Mitra, Gabriel AltitCanadian Paediatric Society.Canada Paediatrics and Child HealthPaediatr Child Health 2023; 28: 119-127DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxac107 AbstractInhaled nitric oxide (iNO), a selective pulmonary vasodilator, is used as a therapeutic modality in infants with hypoxemic respiratory failure (HRF) associated with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). iNO should ideally be initiated following echocardiographic confirmation of PPHN.

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Prenatal MRI assessment of mediastinal shift angle as a feasible and effective risk stratification tool in isolated right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Wen Ding, Yuanyuan Gu, Kaiyu Wang, Huiying Wu, Xiachun Zhang, Rui Zhang, Hongying Wang, Li Huang, Junjian Lv, Bo Xia, Wei Zhong, Qiuming He, Longlong HouGuangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center and Guangzhou Medical University. China European RadiologyEur Radiol 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00330-023-10178-1 AbstractObjectives: To develop a mediastinal shift angle (MSA) measurement method applicable to right-sided congenital diaphragmatic

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Short-time mortality and severe complications of very premature infants-a multicenter retrospective cohort study from Jiangsu Province during 2019-2021

Ya Pan, Huaiyan Wang, Yan Xu, Xiaohua Zhang, Xiaoqing Chen, Xueting Liu, Songlin Liu, Yan Gao, Weiwei Hou, Zhaojun Pan, Xinping Wu, Mei Xue, Mingfu Wu, Huimin Ju, Weimin Wu, Shuping HanWomen’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University and Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital. Changzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital. Affiliated Hospital of

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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Derived Left Ventricular Eccentricity Index and Right Ventricular Mass Measurements Predict Outcome in Children with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Meindina G. Haarman, Iris Coenraad, Quint A. J. Hagdorn, Hans L. Hillege, Tineke P. Willems, Rolf M. F. Berger, Johannes M. DouwesBeatrix Children’s Hospital and University Medical Center Groningen. Netherlands ChildrenChildren 2023; 10DOI: 10.3390/children10040756 AbstractPulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is associated with increased right ventricular (RV) afterload, affecting RV remodeling and RV performance, a major determinant of

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Sex-Specific Differences in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Mortality

Shelby R. Sferra, Matthew Guo, Andres J. Gonzalez-Salazar, Annalise B. Penikis, Abigail J. Engwall-Gill, Ashley Ebanks, Matthew T. Harting, Joseph M. Collaco, Shaun M. Kunisaki, CDH Study GroupJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine. University of Texas McGovern Medical School and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2023; 259DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113481 AbstractObjective: To compare disease

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Pulmonary hypertension- a novel phenotypic hypothesis of Kabuki syndrome: a case report and literature review

Xiao‑xian Deng, Bo‑wen Jin, Shan‑shan Li, Hong‑mei Zhou, Qun‑shan Shen, Yun‑yan LiWuhan Asia Heart Hospital. China BioMed Central PediatricsBMC Pediatr 2023; 23: DOI: 10.1186/s12887-023-04273-x AbstractBackground: Pediatric pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a serious and rare disease that is often derived from genetic mutations. Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a chromosomal abnormality disease that has its origin in the mutation

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Growing up with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: An Arduous Journey

Tanguy Dutilleux, Nesrine Farhat, Ruth Heying, Marie-Christine Seghaye, Maurice BeghettiUniversity Hospital Aachen. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège. University Hospital Leuven. Children’s University Hospital Geneva.Germany, Belgium and Switzerland Pediatric ReportsPediatr Rep 2023; 15: 301-310DOI: 10.3390/pediatric15020026 AbstractIdiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) is an uncommon and severe disease. We report the case of a 7-year-old boy investigated for cardiac

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Intravenous sildenafil for treatment of early pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants

Lukas Schroeder, Paulina Monno, Brigitte Strizek, Till Dresbach, Andreas Mueller, Florian KipfmuellerUniversity Children’s Hospital Bonn and University Hospital Bonn.Germany Scientific ReportsSci Rep 2023; 13DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35387-y AbstractData is lacking on the effect of continuous intravenous sildenafil treatment in preterm infants with early pulmonary hypertension (PH), especially in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. Preterm infants (< 37

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Neonatal Outcomes of Term Infants Born with Meconium-Stained Amniotic Fluid

Carlo Dani, Martina Ciarcià1, Vittoria Barone, Mariarosaria Di Tommaso, Federico Mecacci, Lucia Pasquini, Simone PratesiCareggi University Hospital, Largo Brambilla. University of Florence. Italy ChildrenChildren 2023; 10 DOI: 10.3390/children10050780 AbstractBackground Meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) is considered an alarming sign of possible fetal compromise and it has recently been reported that neonatal outcome correlates with the degree of meconium

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