ReviewJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2019
From Galen to Gross and beyond: a brief history of the enigmatic patent ductus arteriosus.
Review in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- The relationship between platelet indices and patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
- A historical perspective of investigations into the mechanisms and management of patent ductus arteriosus.Seminars in perinatology · 2023Article
- Editorial: Management of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Contributions of Ibn Alnafis to the correct understanding of the circulation.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2020Article
- Molecular and Mechanical Mechanisms Regulating Ductus Arteriosus Closure in Preterm Infants.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Review
- Surgical treatment for patent ductus arteriosus in adult patients: a single center experience.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologieArticle
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Abstract
Anatomists since antiquity and pathologists since at least the 17th century had identified the ductus arteriosus (DA) in cadavers and postmortem examinations, respectively. However, healthcare providers for more than a century have struggled to understand the significance of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in patients, debated whether to treat it or not and if so, when and how. Accepted answers depended upon the authoritative position of the person(s) offering recommendations, the cumulative contemporary medical knowledge, and the changing patient population characteristics. The treatment choices were most often based on one's understanding of the balance between the risks and benefits of the chosen treatment. In the current era, with the increasing popularity of transcatheter occlusion of the PDA with relative ease even in extremely premature infants whose survival rates have improved dramatically, a basic question has reemerged-what are the benefits to treating the PDA in any preterm infant. In this brief review, I am providing a chronicle of the evolution of knowledge about the DA, the varying nature of the challenges a patent ductus posed for the caregivers, and the roots of the continued debate concerning the management of the enigmatic PDA.
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