Cite this: Current Controversies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants - Medscape - Aug 01, 2003. The DA of a very preterm infant has minimal constriction ...

Five-month-old Jacob Teo Jing Yu requires surgery that will cost some RM85,000 to fix three life-threatening congenital ...

A patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a persistent connection between the aorta and the pulmonary artery resulting in left to right shunting. This connection is supposed to close shortly after birth ...

This article presents common misconceptions about the physiologic significance of early ductal shunting and reviews the evidence regarding the preferential use of echocardiography rather than ...

Infants who had defined symptoms for PDA together with echocardiographically demonstrated ductus and presymptomatic infants with a ductus diameter/kg>1,5 or with a left atrium/aorta ratio>1,5 ...

In a remarkable medical achievement, KMC Hospital, Dr B R Ambedkar Circle, has successfully performed a non-surgical PDA ...

Referred to Lisie Hospital at 25 days old, the baby’s life was sustained through PDA (patent ductus arteriosus), a thin, hollow tube. She had low oxygen saturation, and prostaglandin was ...

A baby faces multiple complications associated with extreme prematurity, including respiratory distress syndrome, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), anemia of prematurity, chronic lung disease ...