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Prolonged treatment with prostaglandin in an infant born with extremely low weight

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2005

Claire L. Barker ,
Robert W. Yates  and
A. Wilf Kelsall
Claire L. Barker
Affiliation:
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Robert W. Yates
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
A. Wilf Kelsall
Affiliation:
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Abstract

We describe an infant with duct-dependent cardiac disease diagnosed prenatally who was born prematurely, and at extremely low weight. Treatment by infusion of prostaglandin maintained ductal patency for 66 days, permitting weight to be gained whilst under the care of a regional unit for neonatal intensive care prior to transfer for palliative cardiac surgery.

Keywords

Prematurityantenatal diagnosispulmonary atresia
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , August 2005 , pp. 425 - 426
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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