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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 77:F131-F134 doi:10.1136/fn.77.2.F131
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Ultrasonographic study of ductus venosus in healthy neonates

Table 2

Number of normal, newborn infants (n=50) with open ductus venosus DV and ductus arteriosus (DA) at different time intervals after birth

Day DV DA
Hours mean (SD) No with open
duct
(%) Hours mean
(SD)
No with open
duct
(%)
1 14.4 (6.2) 50 (100) 14.4 (6.2) 41 (82)
2 38.0 (7.1) 49 (98) 36.4 (6.7) 14 (28)
3 61.7 (7.1) 44 (88) 57.8 (6.1) 3 (6)
4–5 93.2 (8.6) 33 (66) 96.3 (11.0) 1 (2)
7 171.3 (11.4) 12 (24) 168 0
10 237.6 (14.1) 8 (16)
14 337.4 (4.9) 1 (2)
18 429 0

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