Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31466085

Klin Padiatr. 2019 Aug 29. doi: 10.1055/a-0991-0455. [Epub ahead of print]
iNO Therapy in Patients with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia - Discrepancy between Widespread Use and Therapeutic Effects.
Herich K1, Schaible T1, Reinhard J1, Rafat N1, Otto C2, Schleef R3, Büttner S4, Lange B5.
Author information
1
Department of Neonatology, Mannheim, Universitätsklinikum Mannheim, Germany.
2
Department of Gynecology, Mannheim, Universitätsklinikum Mannheim, Germany.
3
Department of Political Sciences, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
4
Abteilung für Medizinische Statistik, Biomathematik und Informationsverarbeitung, Universitatsklinikum Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
5
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
Abstractin English, German
BACKGROUND:
Despite recent studies failing to prove beneficial effects of iNO therapy in patients with CDH, its use is still widespread. The aim of this work was to analyze iNO use in a retrospective cohort focusing on outcome parameters. Patients 378 CDH patients born and treated in Mannheim University Medical Center, Department for Neonatology, between 2010 and 2017 constituted our cohort. Therapy was based on the standardized protocol of the CDH EURO Consortium.

METHOD:
General data (sex, birth weight, gestational age etc.) and therapy-related data (duration of iNO application, OI after 60 mins, need for ECMO support etc.) were collected from clinical reports and then conducted using SAS for both mono- and multivariate analyses.

RESULTS:
Out of 378 newborns with CDH, 265 received iNO (70.1%), of whom 82 (30.9%) showed a significant OI reduction of ≥5 pts after 60 mins (=responders), median OI improved by 1.85 pts overall. Among initial responders iNO, application reduced the need for ECMO support (p=0.0054), increased the time to ECMO initiation (p=0.005) and reduced mortality (p=0.0396).

DISCUSSION:
A group of 43 patients considerably benefited from iNO and thererfore as they did not need ECMO support. Even though iNO therapy has failed to prove significant beneficial effects for non-responders, the application is still to be considered an essential treatment method in the transitional period of CDH patients.

CONCLUSIONS:
A more critical approach towards iNO application in nonresponders should be promoted. Further extensive multicenter studies on treatment alternatives for CDH-PAH are desirable.

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PMID: 31466085 DOI: 10.1055/a-0991-0455