TY - BOOK AU - Mohamed Ismail Elsaid Zohair AU - Amira Mohamed Sabry , AU - Dahlia Bayoumi Elsebaie , AU - Rodaina Mohamed Sobhi , TI - Oral and intravenous paracetamol versus oral ibuprofen in treatment of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants / PY - 2017/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamed Ismail Elsaid Zohair, KW - Closure of PDA KW - NICU KW - Preterm neonates N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine- Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - This study was done to know the efficacy and safety of Oral and I.V paracetamol versus Oral ibuprofen on PDA closure. The study included 45 neonates who administrated oral ibuprofen , oral paracetamol and intravenous paracetamol after admission in the neonatal intensive care unit in Kasr Alainy Hospital during 2016_2017, in preterm babies after exclusion of major congenital heart disease which diagnosed by echo. The study showed that closure of PDA in intravenous paracetamol(86%), oral paracetamol(80%), and oral ibuprufen (73%). The study showed that oral and intravenous paracetamol is as effective as oral ibuprofen in medical closure of PDA ER -