Laura Dix, Mirella Molenschot, Johannes Breur, Willem de Vries, Daniel Vijlbrief, Floris Groenendaal, Frank van Bel, Petra Lemmers
BACKGROUND: A haemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (hsPDA) is clinically suspected and confirmed by echocardiographic examination. A hsPDA decreases cerebral blood flow and oxygen saturation by the ductal steal phenomenon. AIM: To determine the relationship between echocardiographic parameters, cerebral oxygenation and a hsPDA in preterm infants. METHODS: 380 preterm infants (<32 weeks gestational age) born between 2008 and 2010 were included...
November 2016: Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition