Is Paracetamol a useful treatment for ibuprofen-resistant patent ductus arteriosus?

Neonatology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 168-169

  Alan, Serdar ^a   Kahvecioglu, Dilek ^a   Erdeve, Omer ^a   Atasay, Begum ^a   Arsan, Saadet ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; LIGATION; MALE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CASE STUDY; CHRONOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE;

EID: 84880975315     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000352068     Document Type: Letter

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