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Chapter and Conference Paper
Relevance of Hemorrhage After Reperfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Restoration of blood flow to ischemic myocardium would seem to be a rational way of limiting ischemic injury. Studies in dogs have shown that if reperfusion is instituted within 20 min of coronary occlusion my...
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Chapter
Neonatal Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been successfully used to treat acute respiratory failure (ARF) in over 1000 neonates since Dr. Bartlett’s pioneering efforts and his first survivor in 1975 [1]. ...
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Chapter
Pharmacology of Drugs in CPR
Cardiac arrest results in cessation of organ perfusion. Circulatory standstill leads to immediate cellular ischemia, anoxia and finally death. The brain is the most rapidly damaged organ, already after 4 to 6 ...
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Chapter
Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is a complex disorder associated with a wide array of cardiopulmonary diseases. PPHN is characterized by marked pulmonary hypertension and altered vasore...
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Article
Hemodynamics and oxygenation changes induced by the discontinuation of low-dose inhalational nitric oxide in newborn infants
To assess changes associated with nitric oxide (NO) discontinuation in neonates receiving inhalational NO therapy as a treatment for pulmonary hypertension of the neonate (PPHN).
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Article
RT-PA for Thrombotic Complications in 16 Neonates 78
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Article
Disease-related response to inhaled nitric oxide in newborns with severe hypoxaemic respiratory failure
Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) has been shown to improve oxygenation in severe persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). However, PPHN is often associated with various lung diseases. Thus, response...
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Article
Dypiridamole, a cGMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor, transiently improves the response to inhaled nitric oxide in two newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Introduction: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) remains a frustating cause of respiratory failure associated with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). Although in...
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Early inhaled nitric oxide in moderately hypoxemic preterm and term newborns with RDS: the RDS subgroup analysis of the Franco-Belgian iNO Randomized Trial.
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Article
731 Organisation of Paediatric Emergency Care in Europe
Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) is a relatively new and rapidly evolving subspecialty, and in other parts of the world it is now established as a Board-certified paediatric subspecialty. In Europe, PEM has...
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Article
910 Sensitivity and Specificity of the Rapid Influenza Antigen Test Clearview® Exact Influenza a and B for Pandemic Iunfluenza A/H1N1 (2009)
Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is considered to be the reference test for diagnosis of influenza, because of its high sensitivity and specificity. Rapid Influenza Antigen Test (RIAT) ...
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240 Factors Influencing Neurological Outcome of Children with Bacterial Meningitis
Background and aims: Acute bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening illness with possible long-term neurocognitive sequelae. Aim of the study was to identify clinical and biological factors associated with d...
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Neurodevelopmental and Respiratory Outcomes at 2 Years of Age in Preterm Infants Treated with Inhaled Nitric Oxide: the Euno Trial Follow Up
Background and aims: The EUNO trial of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) for the prevention of BPD showed similar frequencies for the primary outcome (survival without BPD at 36 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA): iNO 65.3%;...