Jerwood D C, Stokes M A
Department of Anaesthesia, University of Birmingham, UK.
Paediatr Anaesth. 1995;5(3):193-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1995.tb00277.x.
A diagnosis of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn should be reviewed if there is a failure to respond to appropriate treatment. We report a case in which both conventional therapy and inhaled nitric oxide failed to break the cycle of right-to-left shunting. Reassessment revealed a massive pulmonary arteriovenous malformation for which surgery was successfully performed in the neonatal period.
