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Table 1 Protocol for NSAID treatment

From: Surgical ligation of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm neonates weighing less than 1500g: a 9-year single center experience

Age at 1st dose

1st

2nd

3rd

Indomethacin (mg/kg) a)

  < 48 h

0.2

0.1

0.1

 2–7 days

0.2

0.2

0.2

  > 7 days

0.2

0.25

0.25

 Ibuprofen (mg/kg) b)

10

5

5

  1. NSAID nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
  2. aAt 12- to 24-h intervals. bAt 24-h intervals