Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Comparison Between the Effect of Oral Paracetamol Versus Oral Ibuprofen in the Treatment of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants
Brief Summary: Comparison between the safety and efficacy of oral paracetamol and oral ibuprofen in treatment of Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) in premature infants


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or female preterm infants with no limitation of race.
2. Gestational age 25(+0) - 31(+6) weeks.
3. Age 24-72 hours.
4. Echocardiographic evidence of hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus at the first 24-72 hours of life.

   The diagnosis of hemodynamically significant PDA requiring treatment will be made by echocardiographic demonstration of a ductal left-to-right shunt, with a left atrium-to-aortic root ratio \>1.3 or a ductal size \>1.5 mm and excluding the cases in which the closing flow pattern suggests a restrictive PDA.
5. Willingness of the parents/legally authorized representative/child to sign the Consent Informed Form.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Outborn patients.
2. Major congenital anomalies, including but not limited to congenital heart defects, Down syndrome newborn and/or new born suffering from congenital anomalies diagnosed during the fetal period.
3. Known positive HIV and/or known positive Hepatitis C Virus newborn's mother.
4. Life threatening infection, complicated or not by multiple organ dysfunction and failure syndrome.
5. Fetal hydrops.
6. Pulmonary hypertension diagnosed in the first 24-48 hours of life by means of heart ultrasound when the presence of a right-to-left shunt through the foramen ovale or ductus arteriosus is demonstrated, or when the estimated pulmonary pressure, in terms of the tricuspid regurgitation jet, is greater than two-thirds of the systemic arterial pressure.
7. Grade 3 or 4 intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH).
8. Urine output \<1 ml/kg of body weight/h during a 24 h collection period or urine output \<0.5 ml/kg of body weight/h in case it is measured at 24 hours of life of newborn.
9. Serum creatinine concentration \> 1.5 mg/dl (132 μmol/l).
10. Platelet count \< 50,000/mm3.
11. Major bleeding, as revealed by hematuria, or blood in the endotracheal aspirate, gastric aspirate, or stools, or consistent oozing of blood from puncture sites.
12. Severe liver failure, defined as elevated liver enzymes (ALT/Glutamate-Pyruvate Transaminase and Aspartate aminotransferase/GOT) \> 2 times the upper boundary of the normal range. For this kind of population the following normal ranges will be considered \[Rosenthal, 1997\]:

    * ALT/Glutamate-pyruvate transaminase: 6-50 U/L
    * Aspartate aminotransferase/GOT: 35-140 U/L
13. Medical need of administering other Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drug (NSAID) different from ibuprofen.
14. Participation to another trial involving any investigational drug.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Inborn patients at JHS hospitals (admitted to the NICU at JMH within the first 72 hrs of age
* BW 500-1250 grams
* 23-32 wks gestational age
* \> 1d but \< 14d of age.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Major congenital malformations
* Proven sepsis (positive blood culture)
* Contraindications to the use of Ibuprofen or Indomethacin
* Terminal condition, not expected to survive beyond 48 h
* Infants born excessively SGA(3 S.D. below the mean for GA)
* Infants with initial PDA presentation that is hemodynamically significant
C: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Gestational age ≤ 35 weeks
2. Aged 2-7 days with color Doppler echocardiographic evidence of PDA
3. Urine output more than 1 ml/kg/hr
4. Creatinine concentration level less than 1.8 mg/dl

Exclusion Criteria:

Neonates who have one or more of the following criteria were excluded from the study:

1. Congenital heart diseases of any type including

   * Pulmonary stenosis
   * Anomalus in pulmonary venous drainage
   * Ventricular septal defect
2. Major congenital anomalies as hydrops fetalis
3. Low platelets count (less than 60, 000/mm3)
D: Inclusion Criteria: Gestational age \<29 weeks; an echocardiographic evidence of significant PDA; an age of 12 to 24 hours; and RDS necessitating respiratory support.

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Exclusion Criteria: Major congenital anomalies; life-threatening infection or hydrops fetalis; pulmonary hypertension; death before the conclusion of the first course of ibuprofen; urine output below 1 ml per kilogram of body weight per hour during the preceding 12 hours (with the exception of the first dose); a serum creatinine concentration of \>1.5 mg/dL (129 μmol per liter); a platelet count of \<50,000/mm3; a tendency to bleed, as revealed by hematuria, blood in the endotracheal aspirate, gastric aspirate, or stools, and oozing from puncture sites.

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Answer: C