An alternative drug ( paracetamol) in the management of patent ductus arteriosus in ibuprofenresistant or contraindicated preterm infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Oncel, Mehmet Yekta ^a   Yurttutan, Sadik ^a   Uras, Nurdan ^a   Altug, Nahide ^a   Ozdemir, Ramazan ^a   Ekmen, Sadrettin ^a   Erdeve, Omer ^a   Dilmen, Ugur ^a  

^a Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; LIVER ENZYME; PARACETAMOL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICALLY SIGNIFICANT PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; DRUG RESISTANCE; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES;

EID: 84871615841     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302044     Document Type: Letter

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