Informative Study Design

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This topic is interesting and very important for neonatologists as well as cardiologists. However, the above mentioned weak aspects in the study design make the study scientifically less informative.
I believe this study will be more informative if the investigators re-run the study after improving the study design and avoid potential weakness whenever possible. I do not recommend accepting this study in its current form.

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