Table 2 Mean duration of drug treatment for sample population separated according to whether or not infants received treatment with
dexamethasone
| Drug | No of group given drug | Length of therapy (weeks) | |
| No dexamethasone | Dexamethasone | ||
| Iron | 38 | 8.3 | 9.0 |
| Vitamin drops | 36 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| Caffeine | 36 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Domperidone | 17 | 5.2 | 8.5 |
| Furosemide | 12 | 2.6 | 3.25 |
| Spironolactone | 16 | 3.8 | 2.5 |
| Bendrofluazide | 10 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| Dexamethasone | 7 | – | 3.3 |
