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ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2025

Management of the patent ductus arteriosus among infants born at 23 to 32 weeks' gestation between 2011 to 2022: a report from in the Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium.

Mark F Weems, Molly K Ball, Isabella Zaniletti, Sharifa Habib, Shannon Hamrick, Theresa R Grover, Sarah Keene, Karna Murthy, Michael Padula, Ranjit Philip and 5 more

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Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Mark F WeemsUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. mweems@uthsc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3518-8376
Molly K BallThe Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7036-0974
Isabella ZanilettiChildren's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium, Dover, DE, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1234-3468
Sharifa HabibUniversity of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9201-807X
Shannon HamrickEmory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6294-3480
Theresa R GroverChildren's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium, Dover, DE, USA.
Sarah KeeneEmory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Karna MurthyChildren's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium, Dover, DE, USA.
Michael PadulaChildren's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium, Dover, DE, USA.
Ranjit PhilipUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Rakesh RaoWashington University and St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8250-1858
Shawn SenChildren's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-0905
Philip T LevyHarvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5103-5834
Sharada H GowdaBaylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7009-4821
CHNC Cardiac Focus Group

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study reports on patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) therapy trends across the Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium. STUDY

designWe performed a 12-year (2011-2022) retrospective study of premature infants (< 33 weeks) with a PDA. We utilized descriptive statistics to compare demographic, inpatient, and discharge characteristics in 3-year epochs.

resultFrom 54,813 infants, 19,843 (36%) had a diagnosis of PDA. Use of pharmacotherapy increased 44% (relative) over time, mostly with increased acetaminophen use. There was a 12.7-fold increase in exposure to multiple PDA medications over the study period. While the rate of definitive closure did not change, use of transcatheter PDA closure increased from 0 to 20.3% and surgical ligation decreased from 25.1% to 3.6%.

conclusionThere has been an increase in the use of multiple pharmacotherapies for PDA, especially among infants born <27 weeks' gestation. Transcatheter PDA closure has overtaken surgical ligation as the primary method of definitive PDA closure.

Indexed as

Ductus Arteriosus, PatentAcetaminophenCardiac CatheterizationFemaleGestational AgeHospitals, PediatricHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureLigationMaleRetrospective StudiesAcetaminophen

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PMID40089581
PMCPMC12660138

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