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persistent fetal circulation; persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
Pathology:
- high pulmonary vascular resistance, pulmonary hypertension
- low pulmonary blood flow
- right to left shunt
- atrial shunt or ductus arteriosus shunt
- elevated right ventricular pressure
- meconium aspiration
- hypoxemia
Complications:
- death
Management:
- oxygen
- mechanical ventilation
- nitric oxide inhalation
- intravenous prostacyclin (epoprostenol)
General
fetal circulation
pulmonary vascular disease
congenital anomaly (birth defect)
References
- Wikepedia: Persistent fetal circulation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_fetal_circulation
- D'cunha C and Sankaran K
Persistent fetal circulation.
Paediatr Child Health. Dec 2001; 6(10): 744-750
PMID: 20084150
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2805987/
- Sallaam A and Berger S
eMedicine: Persistent Newborn Pulmonary Hypertension
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/898437-overview