Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3011950 | Revista Colombiana de Cardiología | 2016 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We report the case of three 26, 29 and 32 week-old newborns, with a birthweight of 810, 1,300 and 1,670Â g respectively, who were clinically diagnosed with patent ductus arteriosus with hemodynamic repercussion. It was confirmed by means of a transthoracic echocardiogram that showed a ductus arteriosus of 1.5, 3.2 and 3.9Â mm. Due to their unstable clinical condition, which contraindicated conventional pharmacological closure with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) and posed a high surgical risk, it was decided to perform pharmacological closure with intravenous acetaminophen at 15Â mg/kg, one dose every 6 hours. Echocardiographic control every 24 hours confirmed total closure of tha ductus arteriosus after 3, 5 and 7 treatment days respectively. Liver enzymes were analysed 24 hours before and 48 hours after administering acetaminophen. All of them had clinical and echocardiographic follow-ups after one, 3 and 6 months which ruled out any reopening of the ductus arteriosus.
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John J. Araújo, Margarita M. Echeverry, Alejandro Palacio González, Andrés Lema Posada, Mauricio Fernández,