Patent ductus arteriosus Treatment

If premature babies have poor breathing, should control the volume of liquid into the body(daily 90 ~ 100ml/kg). And use diuretics, to maintain the oxygen supply, or medication (such as indomethacin), or surgical ligation for catheter closure. Medium volume control of the liquid 2 to 3 days later, the liquid volume should be gradually increased. If have no excessive jaundice, kidney failure, blood urea nitrogen> 35mg/dl (12.5mmol urea / L), or thrombocytopenia, should intravenously indomethacin 0.2mg/kg every 12 hours. After 1 or 2 times will enable the rapid closure of patent ductus arteriosus. Although some premature infants do not often serious nature of the closure of patent ductus arteriosus or in the liquid just after the closure of control, but Some still remain open, and 11 / 2 ~ 21 / 2-year-old needed surgical ligation.

Surgical treatment: surgical ligation and surgical cut off and suture. The ideal age is 4-15 years old, if the disease sooner or recurrent respiratory tract infections, difficult to control heart failure, infective endocarditis should also strive for the early surgery.