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Persistent Patent ductus arteriosus PDA is a common finding in extremely low gestational age newborn infants and its prevalence is inversely proportional to the gestational age. The presence of a persistent PDA is associated with increased mortality and several significant morbidities including intraventricular hemorrhage, pulmonary hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis, and chronic lung disease or bronchopulmonary dysplasia. However, treating PDA has not been demonstrated to have beneficial impact on the long term outcomes. Currently there is no consensus on whether to treat the PDA or not, and if treat, when to treat and how to treat. This concised review paper is focused to help the clinicians in making a clinical decision based upon clincial and echocardiography parameters. Hence, only the parameters which are commonly used and helpful in making the clinical decisions in day to day clincial practice have been described in this paper. Patent ductus arteriosus PDA is an essential component of the fetal circulation and in most of the term infants it closes soon after birth. However, PDA is known to remain persistent in large proportion of extremely low gestational age newborn ELGAN infants and its prevalence is inversely proportional to the gestational age 1. The important risk factors for persistent PDA include lower gestational age, lack of antenatal steroids, and need for mechanical ventilation. The Role of Echocardiography in Diagnosing Treating.

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Kawasaki disease KD is an acute vasculitis predominantly affecting the small arteries of young children. Early diagnosis and treatment is mandatory in incomplete KD to reduce the risk of coronary involvement.

Clinical Note On Clinical Disorders

We assessed luminal diameters of both CAs normalized as Z-scores by 2D-echocardiography. A total of 94 patients were analyzed.

Conclusion:To confirm diagnosis of KD, it might not be necessary to detect dilation or aneurysms. Our observation suggests that patients suspected having KD should be monitored with serial echocardiography in order to detect a possible enlargement of the CA diameters, even if Z-scores are within the normal range. Abstract Kawasaki disease KD is an acute vasculitis predominantly affecting the small arteries of young children.]