Treatment of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Premature Infants: Intravenous Paracetamol or Oral Ibuprofen?

Naeeme Taslimi TaleghaniBanafshe HamrahiMinoo Falahi Eisa NazarFarzane PalizbanAli NasehMaryam Khoshnood Shariati

Published in: Archives of Iranian medicine (2023)

Intravenous paracetamol has equal efficacy compared to oral ibuprofen in the treatment of PDA. Also, it seems to be associated with a lower risk of hyperbilirubinemia following the treatment.

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