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. 2022 Apr 1;2022(4):CD013846. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013846.pub2

Kalani 2016.

Methods Single‐centre 3‐arm study
Participants Inclusion criteria
  1. Birthweight < 1500g, GA < 32 weeks

  2. 6 to 12 hours old

Interventions Active intervention 1 (n = 31)
Oral ibuprofen 10, 5, 5 mg/kg every 24 hours
Active intervention 2 (n = 31)
Oral indomethacin 0.2 mL/kg daily for 3 days
Control (n = 31)
Standard of care
Outcomes Relevant outcomes include
  1. Mortality

  2. IVH

  3. PDA

  4. NEC

  5. GI bleeding

Notes Primary study location: Akbar‐Abadi Hospital (affiliated with Iran University of Medical Sciences, Theran, Iran)
Study period: 2013 to 2014
The methods section suggests that it is a retrospective study, and we were unable to establish contact with the primary author to clarify this discrepancy