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. 2012 Oct 25;143(5):1330–1336. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-0528

Table 3.

—Management and Outcomes of Parturients

Patient 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Initial PAH therapy S Epo S, Epo Epo Epo Tre Epo S S
Start PAH therapy, wk 6 32 29 N 27 N N 27 19 24 27
Dose-initial sildenafil, mg 25 20 20 20
Prostanoid, ng/kg/min 2 2 58 2 1 1
Additional PAH therapy and start time Epo 25 wk Epo 29 wk
Dose-labor and delivery sildenafil, mg 50 20 20 20
Prostanoid, ng/kg/min 10 8 58 14 22 6 4 4
Delivery, wk 34 36 36 32 32 28 29 34 36 32 34 36
Anesthesia G Epi Epi Epi Epi G G Epi Epi Epi Epi
Vasopressor + + + +
Maternal outcome at hospital discharge A A A A A A D A A A A A
Discharge PAH therapy S Epo S Epo Era Epo Era S, Tre Era S S, CCB

A = alive; D = deceased; Epi = epidural; Epo = epoprostenol; G = general; N = none, no PAH therapy; S = sildenafil; Tre = treprostinil. See Table 1 for expansion of other abbreviations.