Echocardiographic flow pattern of patent ductus arteriosus: A guide to indomethacin treatment in premature infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Su, Bai Horng ^a   Peng, Ching Tien ^a   Tsai, Chang Hai ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Echocardiographic measurement; Indomethacin; PDA flow pattern; Very low birthweight

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; LUNG SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT TA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE VOLUME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0032745563     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.81.3.F197     Document Type: Article

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