Efficacy of Milrinone With Sildenafil in Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in Children

Patients were given oral sildenafil as 2 mg per kg per day, 6-hourly with an increment of 0.5 mg per kg per dose and a target maintenance dose of 2 mg per kg per dose every 6 hour by nasogastric tube.

In this group, Milrinone was initiated at 0.5 ug per kg per minute using intravenous infusion through a syringe pump, and sildenafil was given in the same protocol mentioned for the Sildenafil Group.