2007
Circulating stem cells in extremely preterm neonates
Bizzarro MJ, Bhandari V, Krause DS, Smith BR, Gross I. Circulating stem cells in extremely preterm neonates. Acta Paediatrica 2007, 96: 521-525. PMID: 17391470, DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00194.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeeks of lifePreterm neonatesNeonatal morbidityPulmonary functionPremature neonatesGestational agePeripheral bloodInitial CD34Median gestational agePulmonary function testsShort-term outcomesUmbilical cord bloodFunction testsNeonatal demographicsBirth weightCord bloodRespiratory diseaseNeonatesCell countCD34Progenitor cellsInverse correlationWeeksBloodMorbidity
1997
Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
Roberts J, Fineman J, Morin F, Shaul P, Rimar S, Schreiber M, Polin R, Zwass M, Zayek M, Gross I, Heymann M, Zapol W, Thusu K, Zellers T, Wylam M, Zaslavsky A. Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn. New England Journal Of Medicine 1997, 336: 605-610. PMID: 9032045, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199702273360902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersistent pulmonary hypertensionPulmonary vascular resistanceExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationPulmonary hypertensionSystemic oxygenationNitric oxideSevere hypoxemiaVascular resistanceMembrane oxygenationSystemic arterial hypoxemiaSystemic blood pressureLong-term therapyFull-term infantsNumber of deathsSystemic hypotensionArterial hypoxemiaBlood pressureMulticenter studyConventional therapyAlternative therapiesInvasive treatmentNitric oxide groupHypertensionInitial improvementMethemoglobin levels