Pulmonary hypertension in extremely preterm infants: a call to standardize echocardiographic screening and follow-up policy.

ABSTRACT: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a frequent complication in extremely preterm born infants that seriously affects outcome. We aimed to describe the prevalence of PH in extremely preterm infants and the policy on screening and follow-up in the ten Dutch intensive care units (NICUs). We performed a retrospective cohort study at the University Medical Centre Groningen on infants with gestational age < 30 weeks and/or birthweight < 1000 g, born between 2012 and 2013. Additionally, we carried out a survey among the Dutch NICUs covering questions on the awareness of PH, the perceived prevalence, and policy regarding screening and following PH in extremely preterm infants. Prevalence of early-onset PH in our study was 26% and 5% for late-onset PH. PH was associated with poor survival and early-onse

SUBMITTER: Arjaans S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8105237 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature