| pubmed-article:10999678 | pubmed:abstractText | Although surgical ligation effectively reverses the cardiopulmonary failure associated with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), previous findings have suggested that such surgery itself elicits a catabolic response in premature neonates. Therefore, the authors sought to quantitatively assess whether PDA ligation under fentanyl anesthesia aggravated or improved the protein metabolism of premature neonates. | lld:pubmed |
