TABLE 1:

Reported practices regarding use of echocardiography in a survey of 100 Canadian neonatologists practising in Canada

Question	Cue Never	% of respondents					Cue Always
		1	2	3	4	5
How often do you use echocardiography
for routine surveillance of PDA regardless of clinical suspicion?		39	19	17	14	11
to confirm clinical suspicion of PDA in symptomatic patients?		3	13	11	21	52
to confirm clinical suspicion of PDA in asymptomatic patients?		11	20	17	23	29
to guide therapeutic decisions regarding PDA?		9	17	21	37	16

PDA Patent ductus arteriosus