Improved oxygenation following adenosine infusion in persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 345-350

  Patole, Sanjay ^a   Lee, Jacinta ^a   Buettner, P ^b   Whitehall, John ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Neonates; Preterm; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRACARDIAC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OXYGENATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ADENOSINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031659765     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014052     Document Type: Article

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