• Chunying Wang, Yunlong Shi, and Jianwei Ji.
• Chunying Wang, attending physician. Department of Neonatology, Yiwu Central Hospital, Yiwu, 322000, China.
• Pak J Med Sci. 2021 Jan 1; 37 (6): 1657-1661.

ObjectivesThe paper uses block matching method combined with echocardiography to explore the value of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in predicting symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm infants.MethodsWe selected premature infants born between February 2019 and March 2020, gestational age ≤32 weeks, and echocardiography within 48 hours to determine the presence of arterial ducts as the research object, monitor their clinical manifestations, and detect serum at three and five days after birth The level of NT-proBNP was checked with echocardiography, and the children were divided into PDA group and asymptomatic patent ductus arteriosus (aPDA) group according to the clinical manifestations and echocardiographic.ResultsThe area under the ROC curve of PDA predicted by serum NT-proBNP level at 3 days after birth was 0.949, the cut-off value was 27035pg/mL, the sensitivity was 92.3%, and the specificity was 94.6%; serum NT-proBNP level at 5 days after birth predicted the ROC curve of PDA The lower area is 0.924, the critical value is 6411 pg/mL, the sensitivity is 92.3%, and the specificity is 92.9%.ConclusionNT-proBNP may be a quantitative indicator of arterial duct shunt; the detection of serum NT-proBNP levels at 3 and 5 days after birth is helpful for early prediction of PDA.Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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