Comparison of the effect of continuous and standard intermittent bolus paracetamol infusion on patent ductus arteriosus.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of paracetamol on patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure and clinical outcomes in preterm infants when used as standard intermittent bolus and continuous intravenous (IV) infusion. Preterm neonates with birth weight (BW) ≤ 1500 g and gestational age (GA) ≤ 30 weeks were included in this study. During the study period, IV paracetamol therapy was given to all infants with hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (hsPDA).

Do Calcium and Potassium Levels Influence Ductal Patency in Preterm Infants?

Objective: We investigated the relationship of serum potassium (K) and ionized calcium (iCa) levels with the persistence of ductus arteriosus.

Study Design: This retrospective cohort study included infants with birth weight < 1,500 g and gestational age < 32 weeks. Serum K and iCa levels at the 1st and 48th hour of life were measured from samples.

Useful Platelet Indices for the Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Patent Ductus Arteriosus.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the utility of early postnatal platelet indices in the prediction of hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (hsPDA) and its response to pharmacological treatment in preterm infants.

Study Design: The medical records of 971 infants with gestational age < 30 weeks and birth weight < 1,500 g were analyzed retrospectively. Infants with hsPDA comprised the study group and those without hsPDA comprised the control group.

[A rare cause of 2:1 atrioventricular block and congestive heart failure in preterm infants: Hypocalcemia].

Atrioventricular (AV) block in the neonatal period is a rare disorder. It is frequently associated with underlying structural congenital heart disease and maternal lupus. Presently described is premature baby who developed 2:1 AV block and congestive heart failure due to hypocalcemia.

Conservative management of a left ventricle cardiac fibroma in an asymptomatic child patient.

Primary cardiac tumors in infancy and childhood are rare and usually benign. Fibroma is the second most common bening cardiac tumor after rhabdomyoma. Surgery is required when fibromas cause ventricular outflow tract obstruction, ventricular dysfunction and life-threatening arrhythmia.