Patent ductus arteriosus in premature babies.
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Patent ductus arteriosus in premature neonates.
Persistent patency of the ductus arteriosus is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in premature infants. In infants born prior to 28 weeks of gestation, a haemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) can cause cardiovascular instability, exacerbate respiratory distress syndrome, prolong the need for assisted ventilation and increase the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, in...
متن کاملIntravenous Paracetamol and Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure
Background: Standard medical treatments for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure are, including indomethacin/ibuprofen and surgical ligation. Nowadays, a new strategy to close PDA is the use of paracetamol. The present study aimed to describe the use of intravenous (IV) paracetamol for PDA closure in neonates who present a contraindication to ibuprofen or ibuprofen failure with no possibility...
متن کاملManagement of patent ductus arteriosus in premature babies: the art and the sciences.
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is the most common cardiovascular abnormality in premature infants, with the incidence depending on the estimated gestational age. Although ductus arteriosus is important for prenatal and immediate postnatal circulation, its persistence beyond the transitional period is associated with neonatal morbidity and mortality. There is no consensus among neonatologists on...
متن کاملCongenital absence of pericardium in babies with patent ductus arteriosus.
We report a case of two babies with absence of pericardium and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). The absence of pericardium was found coincidentally during PDA ligation. The PDA was successfully ligated but the pericardium was not reconstructed. Postoperatively, the agenesis of the pericardium did not interfere with cardiac function.
متن کاملPersistant ductus arteriosus in ill and premature babies.
Girling, D. J., and Hallidie-Smith, K. A. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 177. Persistent ductus arteriosus in ill and premature babies. Thirty-eight ill and premature babies with a diagnosis of persistent ductus arteriosus (PDA) are described. All were patients in the Neonatal Unit of Hammersmith Hospital. 16 of them, who were born during a year in which all babies in the Unit we...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.283.6305.1490