Background: The Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group has reported that surgery with general anesthesia during the initial hospitalization increases the risk of adverse sensorineural outcome in ...

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Background: It is well recognised that presence of a haemodynamically significant PDA increases the risks of bronchopulmonary dysplasia(BPD), intraventricular haemorrhage(IVH) and necrotising ...

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The ductus arteriosus is a normal vessel in the fetus that connects the pulmonary artery and the aorta. It allows the fetal blood flow to bypass the lungs, which are not used in utero. The ductus ...