Epoprostenol for very low birth weight (VLBW) infants: a novel dilution protocol

• Ngā kaituhi matua: S. Rugolotto (Author), R. Beghini (Author), I. Cogo (Author), G. Sidoti (Author), E.M. Padovani (Author), A. Pietrobelli (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: PAGEPress Publications, 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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Epoprostenol has been the first effective treatment for severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. Epoprostenol is provided in vials for adult therapy. To our knowledge there are no reports on specific dilution protocols for epoprostenol in VLBW infants, when very small infusion rates are required. We...