Prophylactic indomethacin in extremely premature infants between 23 and 24 weeks gestation

Authors :: Hitomi Sakai
Masami Mizobuchi
Mayumi Yoshikata
Hideto Nakao
Masaaki Ueda
Seiji Yoshimoto
Source :: Pediatrics International. 52:374-377
Publication Year :: 2009
Publisher :: Wiley, 2009.
Abstract: Background: In extremely premature infants, the presence of a left-to-right shunt through a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) increases the risks of pulmonary hemorrhage, intraventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis, renal failure, and chronic lung disease. Conservative management induces spontaneous ductus closure in

Subjects :: congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Mortality rate
medicine.disease
Exact test
Intraventricular hemorrhage
medicine.anatomical_structure
Anesthesia
Ductus arteriosus
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Necrotizing enterocolitis
medicine
Gestation
Pulmonary hemorrhage
business
Adverse effect

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