Table 2.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study.
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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Written informed consent of parents/guardians | Major congenital malformations or chromosomopathies |
GA ≤ 30 weeks | Imminent death |
Postnatal age ≤ 2 weeks | Impossible or erroneous randomization |
Need for ventilatory support | Participation in another clinical trial with medication |
Birth or arrival in participating hospital within the period of application of the treatment | Diuresis <1 mL/kg/h in the 8 h prior to treatment or creatinine >1.8 mg/dL |
First episode of hsPDA | Platelets <50,000/μL or active hemorrhage (tracheal, digestive, or renal) |
Recent (past 48 h) IVH (grades 3–4) | |
Septic shock | |
Severe hyperbilirubinemia or severe coagulopathy or liver failure | |
Active NEC or intestinal perforation |