Timing of Caffeine Therapy and Neonatal Outcomes in Preterm Infants: A Retrospective Study

• Main Authors: Ivan Hand (Author), Nahla Zaghloul (Author), Lily Barash (Author), Rudolph Parris (Author), Ulrika Aden (Author), Hsiu-Ling Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Caffeine is widely used to treat apnea of prematurity. Here, we evaluated the efficacy of early caffeine (1-2 DOL) in decreasing the incidence of adverse neonatal outcomes. Methods. A retrospective cohort was used to compare the neonatal morbidity of 150 preterm neonates with gestational...