Clinical and echocardiography predictors of response to inhaled nitric oxide in hypoxic preterm neonates.
Mohamed Shalabi AhmedRegan E GiesingerMohamed IbrahimMichelle BaczynskiDeepak LouisKarl P McNamaraAmish JainDany E WeiszPatrick J McNamaraPublished in: Journal of paediatrics and child health (2018)
Positive response to iNO is greatest in the first 3 days of life and in patients with echo-confirmed PH, independent of gestational age. The association between critical illness, iNO administration and IVH in extremely premature infants may merit prospective delineation.
Keyphrases
- gestational age
- nitric oxide
- preterm birth
- birth weight
- low birth weight
- left ventricular
- magnetic resonance
- computed tomography
- cystic fibrosis
- nitric oxide synthase
- pulmonary hypertension
- diffusion weighted imaging
- heart failure
- diffusion weighted
- contrast enhanced
- physical activity
- weight gain
- atrial fibrillation