Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn: Radical Thoughts About Oxygen

April 2, 2010

Robin Steinhorn, MD

Division Chief, Neonatology
Raymond and Hazel Speck Berry Professor of Neonatology
Professor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

This lecture will address the role of reactive oxygen species in the pulmonary vascular abnormalities associated with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), as well as mechanisms by which oxygen may increase production of oxygen radicals and impair normal vascular function.

*At this time, archived videos are not approved for continuing medical education (CME) credit.

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