TABLE 3:

Personal guidelines for treatment of PDA^*

Treatment protocol			% of respondents
First-line	Second-line	Third-line
Fluid restriction and observation	Up to two courses of indomethacin	Surgery	52
Fluid restriction and indomethacin course	Surgery		37
Fluid restriction and indomethacin course	Dexamethasone	Surgery	8
Fluid restriction	Indomethacin course and maintenance indomethacin	Dexamethasone and surgery	1

^*9% of physicians indicated that under certain conditions they would use surgery as first-line treatment. PDA Patent ductus arteriosus