Analysis of outcome in 298 extremely low-birth-weight infants with patent ductus arteriosus

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-117

  Alexander, Frederick ^a   Chiu, Louisa ^b   Kroh, Matthew ^b   Hammel, Jeffrey ^b   Moore, John ^c  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremely low birth weight; Indomethacin; Ligation; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Patent ductus arteriosus

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIGATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149527162     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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