The impact of a dedicated patent ductus arteriosus ligation team on neonatal health-care outcomes.

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Published in J Perinatol on January 14, 2016

Authors

M H F Resende1, K More1, D Nicholls1, J Ting2, A Jain3, P J McNamara1,4,5

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2: Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
3: Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
4: Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
5: Physiology and Experimental Medicine Program, Department of Neonatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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