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Table 3 Maternal values of neonatal outcomes favoring different therapeutic indomethacin options

From: A prospective study of maternal preference for indomethacin prophylaxis versus symptomatic treatment of a patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants

Outcome

Women favored prophylactic approach Mean (SD)

Women favored symptomatic approach Mean (SD)

Mean difference (95% CI)

p- value

PDA

41 (21)

44 (24)

−3 (−9, 3)

0.3

IVH

28 (23)

35 (25)

−7 (−14, −0,3)

0.04

BPD

35 (22)

40 (23)

−5 (−12, 1)

0.11

PDA ligation

38 (24)

39 (30)

−1 (−9, 6)

0.7

Oliguria

63 (22)

55 (21)

8 (2, 15)

0.01

Neurosensory outcome

65 (27)

58 (24)

7 (−1,14)

0.09

  1. BPD, bronchopulmonary dysplasia; IVH, intraventricular hemorrhage; PDA, patent ductus arteriosus.