What happens when the patent ductus arteriosus is treated less aggressively in very low birth weight infants

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 344-348

  Kaempf, J W ^a   Wu, Y X ^a   Kaempf, A J ^a   Kaempf, A M ^a   Wang, L ^a   Grunkemeier, G ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic lung disease; indomethacin; patent ductus arteriosus; quality improvement; surgical ligation

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CARDIORESPIRATORY DISTRESS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WATCHFUL WAITING;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LIGATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84860360072     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2011.102     Document Type: Article

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