Novel treatment criteria for persistent ductus arteriosus in neonates.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:The indications for ductus arteriosus ligation in very-low-birth-weight infants (VLBWIs) with persistent ductus arteriosus (PDA) are unclear. Increased left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (LVDd) is commonly found in patients with PDA. Here, the enlargement of LVDd in term and preterm neonates without congenital heart disease was estimated by two-dimensional echocardiography. METHODS:The value of the measured LVDd was divided by the normal LVDd as an index (LVDd ratio) to compare 30 patients who underwent PDA ligation with 30 patients treated with indomethacin and 30 patients who did not undergo radical therapy. RESULTS:An LVDd ratio between 122% and 197% (mean, 142%) was considered to be an indication for the ligation procedure. The proportion of patients exceeding 130% in the LVDd ratio was 87% (26/30) in those patients who underwent ligation. Catecholamines and/or vasodilators were required in 83% patients for the treatment of low ejection fraction or hypertension after operations, suggesting that patients had been in preload and/or afterload remodeling failure during the operation. The percentage of patients with less than 115% in the LVDd ratio was 90% in the non-radical-therapy patients. The LVDd ratios of 130% and 115% were regarded as cut-off values for surgical ligation and indomethacin treatment. CONCLUSION:The LVDd ratio is a useful measure to determine the treatment of VLBWIs with PDA.

journal_name

Pediatr Neonatol

authors

Nagasawa H,Terazawa D,Kohno Y,Yamamoto Y,Kondo M,Sugawara M,Koyama T,Miura R

doi

10.1016/j.pedneo.2013.10.009

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-08-01 00:00:00

pages

250-5

issue

4

eissn

1875-9572

issn

2212-1692

pii

S1875-9572(13)00224-6

journal_volume

55

pub_type

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