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Patent ductus arteriosus: an analysis of management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2013

Andrew J Wardle ,
Ahmed Osman ,
Robert Tulloh  and
Karen Luyt
Andrew J Wardle
Affiliation:
Cardiology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom Department of Neonatal Neuroscience, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Ahmed Osman
Affiliation:
Cardiology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom Department of Neonatal Neuroscience, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Robert Tulloh
Affiliation:
Cardiology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
Karen Luyt*
Affiliation:
Department of Neonatal Neuroscience, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
*
Correspondence to: K. Luyt, MBChB PhD MRCP (UK) FRCPCH, Senior Lecturer in Neonatal Medicine, Department of Neonatal Neuroscience, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom. Tel: 01173425234; Fax: 0117 34 25751; E-mail: Karen.Luyt@Bristol.ac.uk
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Abstract

To compare differences in the management of the neonatal patent ductus arteriosus between neonatologists and paediatric cardiologists, physicians throughout the South-West were contacted. In treatment-refractory cases, neonatologists considered ligation less frequently than paediatric cardiologists (0% versus 40%; p<0.05) and held haemodynamic effects more important for ligation decisions [median: 5 (range 2–5) versus median: 4 (range 2–5); p<0.05]. Furthermore, 81% felt the current guidelines were insufficient.

Keywords

Patent ductus arteriosusmanagementevidence
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , October 2014 , pp. 941 - 943
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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