Effectiveness and safety of treatments used for the management of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm infants: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

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Published in BMJ Open on July 25, 2016

Authors

Souvik Mitra1, Ivan D Florez2, Maria E Tamayo3, Dagfinn Aune4, Lawrence Mbuagbaw5, Areti-Angeliki Veroniki6, Lehana Thabane7

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Division of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
2: Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Department of Pediatrics, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia.
3: Department of Pediatrics, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia.
4: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK.
5: Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
6: Knowledge Translation program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michaels Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
7: Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Department of Pediatrics and Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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