Short-Term Treprostinil Use in Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia following Repair.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.06.016 and PMC identifier 4554975.
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Abstract
We describe 2 infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia with severe pulmonary hypertension at 6 weeks. Treprostinil was used with rapid clinical improvement. Repeat cardiac catheterization showed dramatic improvement. Both infants were weaned off the drug, representing the first reports of successful short-term treprostinil use in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
Medical subject headings
- Antihypertensive Agents
- Epoprostenol
- Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital
- Hypertension, Pulmonary