Evidence behind the WHO guidelines: Hospital care for children: Is caffeine useful in the prevention of apnoea of prematurity?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-77

  McCallum, Andrew D ^a   Duke, Trevor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; CAFFEINE CITRATE; PLACEBO;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN APNEA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

APNEA; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34147103445     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml058     Document Type: Review

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