1155 Surgical Ligation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterms Less Than 30 Weeks Gestation in a Tertiary Neonatal Unit
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Ligation of patent ductus arteriosus in infants weighing less than 1500 grams.
Heart failure and persistent respiratory insufficiency associated with patent ductus arterioeus occur frequently in lowbirth-weight infants.'-" Surgical ligation of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) has been advocated when conservative medical management fails.3 '7 This report describes our experience with 14 patients averaging a weight of less than 1500 grams each who were presented for thora...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302724.1155