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Intravenous adenosine for refractory pulmonary hypertension in a low-weight premature newborn: a potential new drug for rescue therapy

ContributorsMotti, Alessandro; Tissot-Daguette, Cécile; Rimensberger, Peter; Prina-rosso, Aline Rachel; Aggoun, Yacine; Berner, Michel; Beghetti, Maurice; da Cruz, Eduardo
Published inPediatric critical care medicine, vol. 7, no. 4, p. 380-382
Publication date2006
Abstract

To use intravenous adenosine as a rescue therapy for neonatal refractory pulmonary hypertension in a low-weight premature infant. STUDY LINE: We report the successful use of a continuous intravenous adenosine infusion in a 1150-g premature baby with severe persistent pulmonary hypertension, refractory to classic management with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, oxygen therapy and inhaled nitric oxide.

Keywords
  • Adenosine/therapeutic use
  • High-Frequency Ventilation
  • Humans
  • Infant, Low Birth Weight
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Male
  • Nitric Oxide/therapeutic use
  • Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome/drug therapy/therapy/ultrasonography
  • Treatment Failure
  • Vasodilator Agents/therapeutic use
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MOTTI, Alessandro et al. Intravenous adenosine for refractory pulmonary hypertension in a low-weight premature newborn: a potential new drug for rescue therapy. In: Pediatric critical care medicine, 2006, vol. 7, n° 4, p. 380–382. doi: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000225000.78627.EB
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ISSN of the journal1529-7535
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