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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

Navigating Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges of Pulmonary Hypertension in Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.

Nidhy P Varghese, Gabriel Altit, Megan M Gubichuk, Roopa Siddaiah

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. [A Meta analysis of risk factors for pulmonary hypertension related to bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Nidhy P VargheseDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, 6701 Fannin St., Ste 1040, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4422-3065
Gabriel AltitDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5141-0964
Megan M GubichukDivision of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Roopa SiddaiahDepartment of Pediatrics, Penn State Health Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9184-3908

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in perinatal intensive care have significantly enhanced the survival rates of extremely low gestation-al-age neonates but with continued high rates of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Nevertheless, as the survival of these infants improves, there is a growing awareness of associated abnormalities in pulmonary vascular development and hemodynamics within the pulmonary circulation. Premature infants, now born as early as 22 weeks, face heightened risks of adverse development in both pulmonary arterial and venous systems. This risk is compounded by parenchymal and airway abnormalities, as well as factors such as inflammation, fibrosis, and adverse growth trajectory. The presence of pulmonary hypertension in bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD-PH) has been linked to an increased mortality and substantial morbidities, including a greater susceptibility to later neurodevelopmental challenges. BPD-PH is now recognized to be a spectrum of disease, with a multifactorial pathophysiology. This review discusses the challenges associated with the identification and management of BPD-PH, both of which are important in minimizing further disease progression and improving cardiopulmonary morbidity in the BPD infant.

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bronchopulmonary dysplasiaechocardiographyprematuritypulmonary hypertensionpulmonary vascular diseasepulmonary vein stenosis

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PMID38929946
PMCPMC11204350

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