Specific Premature Groups Have Better Benefits When Treating Apnea With Caffeine Than Aminophylline/Theophylline

Autor: Yi-Chieh Lin, Yin-Ling Tan, Ting-An Yen, Chien-Yi Chen, Po-Nien Tsao, Hung-Chieh Chou
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Pediatrics, Vol 10 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-2360
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.817624
Popis: BackgroundMethylxanthines (caffeine; aminophylline/theophylline) are commonly used for apnea of prematurity (AOP) treatment. We aimed to compare the efficacy and adverse effects of caffeine and aminophylline/theophylline.MethodsA retrospective case–control gestational age-matched study investigates patients born between January 2017 and December 2018, 23–35 weeks gestation with birth weights >500 g treating AOP with caffeine or aminophylline/theophylline.ResultsThere were 144 cases (48 in caffeine group and 96 in aminophylline/theophylline group). The median treatment durations were 11 and 17 days in caffeine and aminophylline/theophyllinegroup (p = 0.002). When tachycardia is defined as heart rate ≥160 bpm, the rates were 8.3 and 34.4% in caffeine and control group (p = 0.001). When tachycardia is defined as 10 bpm over baseline heart rate, the rates were 41.7 and 63.5% in caffeine and aminophylline/theophylline group (p = 0.01). Stratified by gestational age and sex, significant reductions in tachycardia rates with caffeine than with theophylline were limited to male infants and infants born at
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