Journal article
Evidence-based use of acetaminophen for hemodynamically significant ductus arteriosus in preterm infants
Seminars in perinatology, Vol.42(4), pp.243-252
06/2018
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2018.05.007
PMID: 29958702
Abstract
While cyclooxygenase inhibitors have been the most common medications used to facilitate earlier closure of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants, adverse effects and variable efficacy have highlighted a need for alternative options. Acetaminophen facilitates ductal closure via an alternate pathway of prostaglandin inhibition. Despite treatment with high doses, toxicity is uncommon in preterm infants, possibly due to immature hepatic metabolism. Pooled data from randomized clinical trials of early treatment demonstrate that acetaminophen has similar efficacy as cyclooxygenase inhibitors for PDA closure with a favorable side effect profile and without any apparent increase in adverse neonatal outcomes. Acetaminophen may therefore be an ideal first-line agent among moderately and extremely preterm infants, though there is a paucity of data from controlled trials regarding its use in infants at the border of viability (gestation age ≤25 weeks). Evidence from clinical studies of limited quality supports acetaminophen treatment as rescue therapy for infants with persistent PDA after unsuccessful cyclooxygenase inhibitor treatment, including those being considered for surgical ligation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Evidence-based use of acetaminophen for hemodynamically significant ductus arteriosus in preterm infants
- Creators
- B Jasani - Division of Neonatology, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, CanadaD.E Weisz - Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaP.J McNamara - Division of Neonatology, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Seminars in perinatology, Vol.42(4), pp.243-252
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1053/j.semperi.2018.05.007
- PMID
- 29958702
- ISSN
- 0146-0005
- eISSN
- 1558-075X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2018
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Neonatology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984093456002771
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