Clinical Study
Patient Characteristics in Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
Table 4
Patient characteristics of term surviving patients.
| | Surviving term responders | n (%) |
| | Total | 35 (100%) | | Female | 18 (51.4%) | | iNO | 25 (71.4%) | | Maladaptation/maldevelopment | 35 (100%) | | Severity PPHN | | | δ-SO2 | | | Mild-moderate | 18 (51.4%) | | Severe | 17 (48.6%) | | Severity OI | | | Mild <15 | 5 (14.3%) | | Moderate 15–25 | 10 (28.6%) | | Severe 25–40 | 11 (31.4%) | | Very severe >40 | 9 (25.7%) | | ECMO | 3 (8.6%) | | HFOv | 5 (14.3%) | | Comorbidity | | | Asphyxia | 8 (22.9%) | | Infection | 8 (22.9%) | | MAS | 10 (28.6%) | | CHD | 7 (20.4%) | | Combination MAS/Asphyxia | 2 (5.7%) |
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iNO = inhaled nitric oxide, OI = oxygen index, ECMO = extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, MAS = meconium aspiration syndrome, CHD = congenital heart disease, HFOv = high frequency oscillation ventilation.
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