Patent Ductus Arteriosus Persistence and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes: A Restrictive Treatment Approach Does Not Compromise Neurological Development.

Acta Paediatr · 2026 · PMC13250968 · PMID 41860109

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a trend towards significancep = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Motor scales analysed across the three groups showed a trend towards significance ( p = 0.06, n = 102); exploratory post hoc pairwise comparisons could not confirm significant differences.

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showed a trendp = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Motor scales analysed across the three groups showed a trend towards significance ( p = 0.06, n = 102); exploratory post hoc pairwise comparisons could not confirm significant differences.

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.13not close (p > 0.1)

This did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.13).

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a numerical trendno p-value reported

While infants with severe brain injury (IVH ≥ III° and periventricular cysts) have been excluded from the study a numerical trend towards higher rates of IVH ≤ II° detected by MRI at term‐equivalent age in susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) was observed in the hsPDA group (22.7%) compared to the ntPDA (12.5%) and noPDA group (8.2%).

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nominally significantno p-value reported

p ≤ 0.05 was considered nominally significant.

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