Effect of single loading dose of intravenous caffeine infusion on superior mesenteric artery blood flow velocities in preterm infants

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 119-121

  Soraisham, Amuchou S ^a,b   Elliott, Davis ^b   Amin, Harish ^b  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Caffeine; Premature infant

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; NECROTIZING COLITIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SYSTOLE;

ALBERTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR;

EID: 40149099891     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01211.x     Document Type: Article

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