Journal article
Assessing the clinical significance of echocardiograms in determining treatment of patent ductus arteriosus in neonates
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To evaluate the utility of echocardiogram (ECHO) in detection and treatment of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and hemodynamically significant PDA (hsPDA) in preterm neonates.
METHODS: This was a retrospective case-control study of all preterm infants born or admitted to the level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in McMaster Children's Hospital from January 2009 to January 2013. These cases were further classified into the following …
Authors
Youssef D; Flores MN; Ebrahim E; Eshak K; Westerink J; Chaudhuri D; Balakrishnan N; Mukerji A; Mondal T
Journal
Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 345–350
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
September 7, 2020
DOI
10.3233/npm-170122
ISSN
1934-5798