Sentences with «persistent pulmonary hypertension»
Research has also shown an increased risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). (stemlegal.com)
Babies born after an elective cesarean delivery (i.e., when labor has not yet begun) are four times more likely to develop persistent pulmonary hypertension, a potentially life - threatening condition. (attachmentmama.com)
«Nitric oxide is used to treat about 35,000 hospitalized U.S. patients each year — mostly adults with pulmonary hypertension and infants with a condition called persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN),» says Warren M. Zapol, MD, director of the MGH Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research and emeritus chief of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the hospital, senior author of the Science Translational Medicine report. (sciencedaily.com)