1Assistant Professor, Paediatrics, KIMS Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar
2Associate Professor, Paediatrics, KIMS Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar
3Assistant Professor, Microbiology, KIMS Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar
*Corresponding Author: Dr Manas Kumar Nayak Associate Professor, Paediatrics, KIMS Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar Phone: 9583963680 Email: drmanas_76@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 13 November, 2019.
To determine maternal risk factors and demographic profile of neonates presenting with persistent pulmonary hypertension in a tertiary care hospital, Odisha
It was a hospital based study, conducted from June 2015 to December 2017 in Kalinga Institute of medical colleges and hospitals, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. All babies with gestational age > 34 weeks having respiratory distress and profound hypoxia were included in the study after confirmation of PPHN by Echocardiography.
In our study population majority babies with PPHN were male (73%) and 90% babies were delivered by LSCS. Late preterm babies constituted 21% of total PPHN cases. Hyaline membrane disease (30%) and meconium aspiration syndrome (26%) were leading cause of PPHN in neonates.
PPHN is a serious and often fatal condition, associated with a high mortality (29%). Late preterm neonates constituted 21% of total population and 90% of PPHN neonates were born by LSCS. Hyaline membrane disease is the leading cause of PPHN suggesting a change in the demographic profile.
Persistent pulmonary hypertension, meconium aspiration syndrome, hyaline membrane disease
