Replies to Sustainable use of continuous positive airway pressure in extremely preterm infants during the first week after delivery

Original article: Sustainable use of continuous positive airway pressure in extremely preterm infants during the first week after delivery

C Booth,
M H Premkumar,
A Yannoulis,
M Thomson,
M Harrison,
A D Edwards

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2006;91:F398-F402 Published Online First: 4 July 2006 doi:10.1136/adc.2005.092478

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- Vengudi S Sankar, Consultant Paediatrician
Royal Bolton Hospital, UK
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

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