Objectives: Nesiritide (synthetic B-type natriuretic peptide) has been shown to be effective in the management of acute decompensated heart failure in adults. The role of nesiritide in pediatric ...

A LITTLE more than a decade ago the treatment of heart failure in infants was largely a "postponement of the inevitable." With the advent of new and effective means of surgical intervention ...

"Your son is in heart failure," the other doctor said ... Colton spent five days in the neonatal intensive care unit. At one point, he stopped breathing. Doctors were able to stabilize him.

People hospitalized for infections—almost any infections—are at substantially increased risk years later for heart failure, ...

As a group, the infants developed normally but grew poorly, with wt (20th percentile-%-at 18 months) affected more than OFC and ht (30th % at 18 months) .11 of the 30 showed no growth failure ...