Bookmarks
Management of Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) in babies admitted to UK neonatal units: a population-based study using the National Neonatal Research Database
Safe People
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
CQC Registered Health or/and Social Care provider
Cheryl Battersby
Imperial College London
Safe Projects
nnrd11
The aim is to describe the management of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm babies admitted to neonatal units in England and Wales over a 10 year period (2010-2019). Objectives are: To quantify the number and proportion of preterm babies, born <32 weeks gestation, who receive medical and/or surgical intervention for PDA. To describe the infant background and clinical characteristics at the time of medical or surgical PDA intervention and compare them to babies within similar gestational age (GA) groups who did not have an intervention. To determine the postnatal age of medical or surgical PDA intervention. To describe the outcomes of babies treated for PDA (including BPD, NEC, mortality, ventilatory days, brain injury, retinopathy of prematurity) and compare with babies of similar gestational age and neonatal unit with babies those that did not receive PDA intervention To explore the presence of temporal trends and geographical variation in PDA management for the aims 1-4.
REC reference: 20/LO/0825
Safe Setting
Release