Clinical aspects of very-low-birthweight infants showing reopening of ductus arteriosus
โ Scribed by Atsushi Uchiyama; Hiroyuki Nagasawa; Yutaka Yamamoto; Koji Tatebayashi; Hiroko Suzuki; Keitaro Yamada; Mayuki Arai; Yoshinori Kohno
- Book ID
- 108973111
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 153 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1328-8067
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Indomethacin has proven effective in closing the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in most low birth weight (LBW) neonates with this disorder. Early reopening of the ductus is a problem and often leads to the need for surgery. Prolonged use of indomethacin for several days has been suggested as a means
First results are described of individually tailored indomethacin dose rates employing on-line drug level monitoring for pharmacologically induced ductal constriction in very low birth weight infants with symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus (sPDA). In addition prolonged indomethacin therapy was int