In persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), illness severity scores have high accuracy and can predict mortality.

Results from 40 infants with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), an often fatal complication, were compared with those of 61 randomly selected, healthy, full-term infants.

[1] A 40-week infant with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) and Group B streptococcus pneumonia is on maximum ventilator settings with acidemia. The clinicians offer the ...