Management of postoperative pulmonary hypertension by inhaled nitric oxide in a newborn with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

[congenital diaphragmatic hernia]

Postero-lateral congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH ) is a life threatening anomaly characterized by diaphragmatic defect and intrathoracic herniation of abdominal viscera . In patients with CDH , the lungs are hypoplastic and persistent pulmonary hypertension develops in most cases . Although , inhaled nitric oxide (iNO ) results in a reduction in pulmonary hypertension with improvement in oxygenation , its benefit in the patients with CDH remains controversial . In this report , the authors present successful management of postoperative pulmonary hypertension by iNO in a newborn with CDH .

Diseases
Validation

Diseases presenting "pulmonary hypertension" symptom

acute rheumatic fever

alpha-thalassemia

cohen syndrome

congenital diaphragmatic hernia

heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

homocystinuria without methylmalonic aciduria

lymphangioleiomyomatosis

malignant atrophic papulosis

systemic capillary leak syndrome

waldenström macroglobulinemia

This symptom has already been validated