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• An. Esp. Pediatr. · Feb 1979

  [Meconium aspiration syndrome with severe hypoxemia. Treatment with a pulmonary vasodilator (tolarzoline) (author's transl)].

  Three patients with Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (S. A. M.) and severe hypoxemia are reported. ⋯ In one case, pulmonary hypertension and ductal right to left shunt through ductus arteriosus and foramen ovale was objetivated by cardiac catheterization. Following intravenous prefusion of a pulmonary vasodilator (Tolazoline) patients showed a clinical amelioration and a definite increase in PaO2. Results and evolution with the use of this drug are commented.

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