Paediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension: updates on definition, classification, diagnostics and management

EB Rosenzweig, SH Abman, I Adatia… - European …, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Paediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) shares common features of adult disease,
but is associated with several additional disorders and challenges that require unique …

Pediatric post–cardiac arrest care: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

AA Topjian, A De Caen, MS Wainwright, BS Abella… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest results in a post–cardiac arrest syndrome, which
can evolve in the days to weeks after return of sustained circulation. The components of post …

Statement on imaging and pulmonary hypertension from the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI)

DG Kiely, DL Levin, PM Hassoun, D Ivy… - Pulmonary …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is highly heterogeneous and despite treatment advances it
remains a life-shortening condition. There have been significant advances in imaging …

Ventricular dysfunction is a critical determinant of mortality in congenital diaphragmatic hernia

N Patel, PA Lally, F Kipfmueller… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is an anomaly with a high morbidity and
mortality. Cardiac dysfunction may be an important and underrecognized contributor to CDH …

Home oxygen therapy for children. An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline

D Hayes Jr, KC Wilson, K Krivchenia… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Background: Home oxygen therapy is often required in children with chronic respiratory
conditions. This document provides an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on the …

Novel risk genes and mechanisms implicated by exome sequencing of 2572 individuals with pulmonary arterial hypertension

N Zhu, MW Pauciulo, CL Welch, KA Lutz… - Genome medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background Group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare disease with high
mortality despite recent therapeutic advances. Pathogenic remodeling of pulmonary …

Phenotype characterisation of TBX4 mutation and deletion carriers with neonatal and paediatric pulmonary hypertension

C Galambos, MP Mullen, JT Shieh… - European …, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Rare variants in the T-box transcription factor 4 gene (TBX4) have recently been recognised
as an emerging cause of paediatric pulmonary hypertension (PH). Their pathophysiology …

Drugs for the prevention and treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

EW Mandell, P Kratimenos… - Clinics in …, 2019 - perinatology.theclinics.com
In 1967, Northway and colleagues 1 described bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) as a
lung condition of prematurity that began with diffuse parenchymal lung disease and a …

Evolution of hemodynamic forces in the pulmonary tree with progressively worsening pulmonary arterial hypertension in pediatric patients

W Yang, M Dong, M Rabinovitch, FP Chan… - … and modeling in …, 2019 - Springer
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by pulmonary vascular remodeling
resulting in right ventricular (RV) dysfunction and ultimately RV failure. Mechanical stimuli …

Optimal oxygenation and role of free radicals in PPHN

S Wedgwood, RH Steinhorn… - Free Radical Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Effective ventilation of the lungs is essential in mediating pulmonary vasodilation at birth to
allow effective gas exchange and an increase in systemic oxygenation. Unsuccessful …