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SEMINARS IN PERINATOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 3, Pages 160-173Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2015.12.004
Keywords
Hypoxia; Oxygen; Nitric oxide; Prostacyclin; Sildenafil; Bosentan; Iloprost; Milrinone
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- NICHD, United States [1R01HD072929]
- NICHD [HD072929]
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Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is approved for use in persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) but does not lead to sustained improvement in oxygenation in one-third of patients with PPHN. Inhaled NO is less effective in the management of PPHN secondary to congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), extreme prematurity, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Intravenous pulmonary vasodilators such as prostacyclin, alprostadil, sildenafil, and milrinone have been successfully used in PPHN resistant to iNO. Oral pulmonary vasodilators such as endothelin receptor antagonist bosentan and phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors such as sildenafil and tadalafil are used both during acute and chronic phases of PPHN. In the absence of infection, glucocorticoids may also be effective in PPHN. Many of these pharmacologic agents are not approved for use in PPHN and our knowledge is based on case reports and small trials. Large multicenter randomized controlled trials with long-term follow-up are required to evaluate alternate pharmacologic strategies in PPHN. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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