Cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors like Indomethacin or Ibuprofen are used to close the PDA during the 2nd week of life. 1) INDOMETHACIN Indomethacin is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication. It ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Early screening echocardiography for patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants was associated with lower rates ...

Failure to medical therapy Contraindicated to medical therapy (presence of kidney dysfunction, and decreased platelet count) Congestive Heart failure PDA diagnosed in an older infant. PDA that not are ...

Among extremely preterm infants, early screening for the vascular disorder patent ductus arteriosus before day 3 of life was associated with a lower risk of in-hospital death and pulmonary hemorrhage, ...

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Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), one of the more common cardiac defects present at birth, is the persistence of an opening between the pulmonary artery and aorta. This opening is as a result of failure ...

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a heart problem that occurs soon after birth. It is characterised by abnormal blood flow between two of the major arteries (the aorta and the pulmonary artery) that ...

In full-term infants, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) usually is first suspected when the baby's doctor hears a heart murmur during a regular checkup. A heart murmur is an extra or unusual sound heard ...

SHOULD closure of a patent ductus arteriosus with reversal of flow be attempted? If so, how can the high surgical mortality hitherto reported 1–3 be reduced? An attempt is made to answer these ...