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

Ida JeremiasenKarin Tran-LundmarkMikaela DolkEstelle Naumburg

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2022)

Preterm children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia were prescribed pulmonary vasodilators, often without prior catheterisation. Sildenafil was most commonly used. Diagnostic tools, effects, and drug safety need further evaluation.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
young adults
low birth weight
preterm birth
gestational age
pulmonary arterial hypertension
preterm infants
bone marrow
cell therapy
adverse drug