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Topical nitroglycerin ointment as salvage therapy for peripheral tissue ischemia in newborns: a systematic review

Katelyn Sushko1, Catherine Litalien2, Lauren Ferruccio2

  • 1School of Nursing (Sushko), Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Division of General Pediatrics (Litalien), Department of Pediatrics, and the Rosalind & Morris Goodman Family Pediatric Formulations Centre, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Pharmacy (Ferruccio), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Rosalind & Morris Goodman Family Pediatric Formulations Centre (Gilpin), Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Emergency Medicine (Mazer-Amirshahi), MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (Chan), McMaster Children's Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology (van den Anker), Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC; Division of Paediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics (van den Anker), University Children's Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Division of Neonatology (Lacaze-Masmonteil), Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alta.; Division of Neonatology (Samiee-Zafarghandy), Department of Pediatrics, McMaster Children's Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. sushkokj@mcmaster.ca.

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