Sentences with phrase «persistent pulmonary hypertension»

Research has also shown an increased risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN).

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.

«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.

Typically, maternal depression increases pregnancy risks — such as preterm delivery — and use of SSRIs during pregnancy were previously associated with «congenital anomalies, neonatal withdrawal syndrome, and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.»

What's more, several months after the first FDA warning about the risk of Paxil birth defects, the New England Journal of Medicine ran a study linking Paxil to PPHN (Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn).

Persistent pulmonary hypertension, which is a defect resulting in high blood pressure of the lungs in newborns and can sometimes be so serious that it leads to death

Back in July 2006, the FDA issued an alert after a study reported that infants born to mothers who took SSRIs after the 20th week of pregnancy were 6 times more likely to have persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) than infants who were born to mothers who did not take antidepressants during their pregnancy.

Unfortunately, there has been growing concerns that these medications, when taken by a women while pregnant, can significantly increase the chances of her baby being born with a birth defect, such as tetralogy of fallout, ventricular septal defects, a hole in the heart, persistent pulmonary hypertension, neural tube defects, cranial birth defects, club foot, a cleft lip, spina bifida, anal atresia, a cleft palate, neural tube defects, Omphalocele, limb birth defects, or other birth defects.

Babies whose moms took Topamax while pregnant may also suffer from spina bifida, other neural tube defects, persistent pulmonary hypertension, or heart defects.

Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is a life - threatening condition that affects about one or two in 1,000 infants.

Some of the Serious SSRI birth defect injuries: • Heart defects • Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn, which can impact the heart and lungs.