Prevalencia y Tratamiento de Hipertensión Pulmonar persistente en el recién nacido en un Hospital Pediátrico

Abstract

Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is defined as the failure of the normal circulatory transition that occurs after birth. It is a syndrome characterized by marked pulmonary hypertension that causes hypoxemia and right-to-left extrapulmonary shunting of blood.