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ABSTRACT: Introduction
Association between persistency of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and morbidity in preterm newborns is still controversial. We aimed to investigate the relation between PDA and morbidity in a large retrospective study.Methods
A case-control study including neonates consecutively admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), with gestational age (GA)?ResultsWe enrolled 85 Cases and 193 Controls. Subjects with hs-PDA had significantly (p?ConclusionsOccurrence of the main morbidities of prematurity depended by hs-PDA, in association with GA, BW, and use of prenatal steroids. In extremely premature babies, hs-PDA is a risk factor for BPD, one of the most important morbidity of prematurity, independently by other confounding variables.
SUBMITTER: Terrin G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7809822 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Terrin Gianluca G Di Chiara Maria M Boscarino Giovanni G Metrangolo Valentina V Faccioli Francesca F Onestà Elisa E Giancotti Antonella A Di Donato Violante V Cardilli Viviana V De Curtis Mario M
Italian journal of pediatrics 20210114 1
<h4>Introduction</h4>Association between persistency of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and morbidity in preterm newborns is still controversial. We aimed to investigate the relation between PDA and morbidity in a large retrospective study.<h4>Methods</h4>A case-control study including neonates consecutively admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), with gestational age (GA) < 32 weeks or body birth weight (BW) < 1500 g, over a 5-year period. Newborns were divided into Cases and Cont ...[more]