Journal article
Tale of Two Patent Ductus Arteriosus Severity Scores: Similarities and Differences
American journal of perinatology, Vol.35(1), pp.55-058
01/2018
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1605576
PMID: 28787748
Abstract
Several echocardiographic scoring systems have been developed to assess the severity of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) shunting in preterm infants.
The objective of this study was to compare the ability of two different scoring systems to evaluate the hemodynamic significance of the PDA and to predict long-term PDA-associated morbidities.
El-Khuffash cohort (previously described) was derived from a multicenter, prospective, observational study conducted in tertiary neonatal intensive care units in Ireland, Canada, and Australia.
A total of 141 infants with a mean gestational age of 26 ± 1.4 weeks and a mean birth weight of 952 ± 235 g were evaluated on day 2 of life. The two scores were well correlated with each other and both scores positively predicted chronic lung disease/death in this population.
There appears to be an overall stepwise progression in the incidence of poor outcome parameters from "closed" to "borderline" to "hemodynamically significant" PDA. Both the El-Khuffash and Shaare Zedek scores are predictive of PDA-associated morbidities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Tale of Two Patent Ductus Arteriosus Severity Scores: Similarities and Differences
- Creators
- Daniel Fink - Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, IsraelAfif El-Khuffash - Department of Pediatrics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, IrelandPatrick J McNamara - Departments of Physiology and Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaItamar Nitzan - Department of Neonatology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, IsraelCathy Hammerman - Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of perinatology, Vol.35(1), pp.55-058
- DOI
- 10.1055/s-0037-1605576
- PMID
- 28787748
- ISSN
- 0735-1631
- eISSN
- 1098-8785
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2018
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Neonatology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984093601702771
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