Abstract
Four babies with congenital diaphragmatic hernias each developed a state of transitional circulation. Tolazoline was successfully used to lower the pulmonary vascular resistance and to treat this normally fatal postoperative complication.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Dibbins A. W. Neonatal diaphragmatic hernia: a physiologic challenge. Am J Surg. 1976 Apr;131(4):408–410. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(76)90147-1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Dibbins A. W., Wiener E. S. Mortality from neonatal diaphragmatic hernia. J Pediatr Surg. 1974 Oct;9(5):653–662. doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(74)90102-x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- German J. C., Gazzaniga A. B., Amlie R., Huxtable R. F., Bartlett R. H. Management of pulmonary insufficiency in diaphragmatic hernia using extracorporeal circulation with a membrane oxygenator (ECMO). J Pediatr Surg. 1977 Dec;12(6):905–912. doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(77)90600-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Goetzman B. W., Sunshine P., Johnson J. D., Wennberg R. P., Hackel A., Merten D. F., Bartoletti A. L., Silverman N. H. Neonatal hypoxia and pulmonary vasospasm: response to tolazoline. J Pediatr. 1976 Oct;89(4):617–621. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(76)80403-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Levin D. L. Morphologic analysis of the pulmonary vascular bed in congenital left-sided diaphragmatic hernia. J Pediatr. 1978 May;92(5):805–809. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(78)80162-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Olivet R. T., Rupp W. M., Telander R. L., Kaye M. P. Hemodynamics of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in lambs. J Pediatr Surg. 1978 Jun;13(3):231–235. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(78)80392-3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Rudolph A. M., Yuan S. Response of the pulmonary vasculature to hypoxia and H+ ion concentration changes. J Clin Invest. 1966 Mar;45(3):399–411. doi: 10.1172/JCI105355. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]