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Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition 2008;93:F399
Copyright © 2008 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

FANTOMS

Fantoms

Ben Stenson, Associate Editor

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E-PUBLICATION AHEAD OF PRINT

The publication of accepted articles online means that many are available for some time before they appear in print. This is popular with authors as they get their publication indexed far more quickly than would otherwise be the case. It is obviously important to readers too because some of this month’s articles had already generated correspondence on the journal web site several months before this issue was delivered to you. There is a direct link to recent e-letters on the journal homepage.

WHICH PDAS SHOULD BE TREATED?

Prophylactic treatment of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) has not brought about substantial improvements in outcome and there has been a lot of interest recently in determining whether there are measures that might identify the ducts that should be targeted for early closure. El Khuffash et al provide interesting data regarding measurements of N-terminal-pro-B type natriuretic peptide (NTpBNP) and cardiac troponin T (cTnT) alongside echocardiographic measures. At 48 hours . . . [Full text of this article]


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