Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of pulmonary artery pressure in children surgical emergency intensive care unit with pneumonia

In this prospective study 19 children (ranging 1 months-10 years) with acute pneumonia were evaluated by Doppler echocardiography for the presence of pulmonary hypertension (PH). The goal of this study was to determine the frequency of PH in children with acute pneumonia because the diagnosis of PH influenced the treatment of pneumonia in these patients. The patients who had more than 34mm Hg of systolic pulmonary arterial pressure were considered to have PH. In our study PH was found in 11 (57.9%) of 19 children. We did not find any significant difference for the parameters including the age, weight, height, cl…