Gianluca Terrin, Francesca Conte, Mehmet Yekta Oncel, Antonella Scipione, Patrick J McNamara, Sinno Simons, Rahul Sinha, Omer Erdeve, Kadir S Tekgunduz, Mustafa Dogan, Irena Kessel, Cathy Hammerman, E Nadir, Sadik Yurttutan, Bonny Jasani, Serdar Alan, Francesco Manguso, Mario De Curtis
OBJECTIVES: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of all the available evidence to assess the efficacy and safety of paracetamol for the treatment of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in neonates, and to explore the effects of clinical variables on the risk of closure. DATA SOURCE: MEDLINE, Scopus and ISI Web of Knowledge databases, using the following medical subject headings and terms: paracetamol, acetaminophen and patent ductus arteriosus. Electronic and manual screening of conference abstracts from international meetings of relevant organisations...
March 2016: Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition