Intravenous Furosemide in the Management of Transient Tachypnea of Newborn

Autor: Shahid Ali, Asma Razzaq, Sajid Ali Shah, Zeeshan Ahmad
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 73, Iss 3 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0030-9648
2411-8842
DOI: 10.51253/pafmj.v73i3.2792
Popis: Objective: To determine the mean length of hospital stay of term and late preterm infants with transient tachypnea of the newborn treated with intravenous Furosemide compared to the Control Group. Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital, Kharian, from Apr to Oct 2016. Methodology: All term and late preterm infants with transient tachypnea of new-borns were included in the study. One Group was given IV Furosemide, and the other was taken as control. Two doses of Furosemide were administered IV at 1 mg/kg 12 hours apart. The Control Group were given normal saline 01 ml/kg as a placebo 12 hours apart. Results: It was found that the duration of tachypnea in the Study-Group was less than that of the Control-Group (49.4±7.4 h vs 76.7±4.5h, p-value
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