Abstract
We report our experience of medical treatment, chiefly based on prolonged artificial ventilation, of 33 preterm infants with PDA and heart failure whose survival rate was 88%. All of them had clinical criteria used by others to indicate surgical ligation of the ductus arteriosus. This conservative approach seems to give better results than surgical ligation, despite a high frequency of bronchopulmonary dysplasia among survivors.
MeSH terms
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Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / complications
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Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / mortality
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Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / surgery
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Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / therapy*
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Gestational Age
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Heart Failure / etiology
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Humans
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Infant, Low Birth Weight
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Infant, Newborn
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Ligation
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Lung Diseases / etiology
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / complications
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / therapy
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Respiratory Therapy
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Retrospective Studies