• Pediatr Crit Care Me · Mar 2010

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    Inhaled nitric oxide and related therapies.

    • Frederick E Barr and Duncan Macrae.
    • Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, USA. rick.barr@Vanderbilt.Edu
    • Pediatr Crit Care Me. 2010 Mar 1; 11 (2 Suppl): S30S36S30-6.

    AbstractChildren with congenital heart defects are at risk for perioperative pulmonary hypertension if they require corrective or palliative surgery in the first week of life or if they have defects associated with significant pulmonary overcirculation. In addition, children undergoing cavopulmonary connections for single ventricle lesions require low pulmonary vascular resistance for surgical success. Treatment of perioperative pulmonary hypertension with inhaled nitric oxide has become standard therapy in many centers. Related drugs that increase nitric oxide synthesis, including arginine and citrulline, have also been studied in the perioperative period. In this article, previous clinical trials of inhaled nitric oxide, intravenous arginine, and intravenous and oral citrulline in children with perioperative pulmonary hypertension or elevated pulmonary vascular resistance after a cavopulmonary connection are reviewed. In addition, recommendations are presented for each agent on the clinical use in the perioperative setting including clinical indications, assessment of clinical effect, and length of therapy.

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