Persistent fetal circulation.
A review of persistent fetal circulation, which involves the presence of a right to left extrapulmonary shunt that is sustained into neonatal life, is presented. Clinical signs exhibited by the infant often resemble those of respiratory distress. Treatment is accomplished with hyperventilation and/or pharmacologically with tolazoline which, in addition to the usual attention to the overall condition of the infant, requires intensive monitoring by the nurse.
D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010547:Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014043:Tolazoline / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014043:Tolazoline