Open AccessRapid Titration of Intravenous Treprostinil to Treat Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Postpartum: A Retrospective Observational Case Series Study
Author(s) -
Tengke Wang,
Jiakai Lu,
Qiang Li,
Yao Chen,
Qing Ye,
Jie Gao,
Dong Yan,
Lifeng Zhao,
Jiapeng Huang,
Jinglan Zhang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000003827
Subject(s) - treprostinil , medicine , interquartile range , pulmonary hypertension , anesthesia , obstetrics , surgery
Pulmonary hypertension during pregnancy carries high mortality rate. The relatively long-acting, specific pulmonary vasodilator treprostinil has been used to improve survival in these parturients. Slow uptitration is performed in most cases, and rapid titration has not been reported in the postpartum period.