Management of pulmonary hypertension in Down syndrome

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 915-921

  Hawkins, Amy ^a   Langton Hewer, Simon ^a   Henderson, John ^a   Tulloh, Robert Michael ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Congenital heart disease; Down syndrome; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; SILDENAFIL;

ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHEST INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOPPY ARYEPIGLOTTIC FOLD; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; INFANT; LARYNGOMALACIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PLEXOGENIC ARTERIOPATHY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; THROAT DISEASE; TONSIL DISEASE; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959752658     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-010-1378-1     Document Type: Article

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