Mature and immature platelets during the first week after birth and incidence of patent ductus arteriosus.
Hannes SallmonBoris MetzePetra KoehneBernd Opgen-RheinKatja WeissJoachim C WillChristina Victoria FrankeGeorg HansmannMartin KoestenbergerChristoph BührerFelix BergerSven C WeberMalte CremerPublished in: Cardiology in the young (2020)
During the first week of postnatal life, lower counts of mature platelets and higher immature platelet fraction values are associated with haemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus. Lower counts of mature platelet were found to be independent predictors of haemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus.