"Treatment:
PDA rarely closes on its own after the first few weeks.
Premature baby - intravenous indomethacin.
(Risks of surgery high with prematurity).
Child over 1 year - cardiac catheterisation & closure of a PDA.
Risks of PDA
- Pulmonary hypertension
- cardiac failure.
- endocarditis
- bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
- necrotising enterocolitis."