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Original articles: C Booth, M H Premkumar, A Yannoulis, M Thomson, M Harrison, and A D Edwards Sustainable use of continuous positive airway pressure in extremely preterm infants during the first week after delivery Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2006; 91: F398-F402 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

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Caffeine Dosage

Vengudi S Sankar   (3 November 2006)

Caffeine Dosage 3 November 2006
Vengudi S Sankar, Consultant Paediatrician Royal Bolton Hospital, UK Send letter to journal: Re: Caffeine Dosage vengudi.sankar{at}rbh.nhs.uk Vengudi S Sankar	Dear Editor, The authors mention that they used a caffeine base dose of 25mg/kg for the neonates in the study. This equates to 50mg/kg of caffeine citrate and is more than twice the usual recommended loading dose(1)for this indication. Is this an error in the script of the article or did they indeed use this dose to get the 'maximum benefit'. Reference: (1) BNF for children 2006