Interventions for apnoea of prematurity: A personal view

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-177

  Poets, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apnoea of prematurity; Caffeine; Continuous positive airway pressure; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CAFFEINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CREATINE; DOXAPRAM; OXYGEN; VANILLIN;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FLOTATION BED; GASTRIC DYSMOTILITY; GASTRIC RESIDUAL; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MYOCLONUS; NEWBORN APNEA; NOSE BREATHING; OROGASTRIC TUBE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DRIVE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TACTILE STIMULATION; TUBE; VIBRATION;

AMINO ACIDS; APNEA; CAFFEINE; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; POSTURE;

EID: 74549198730     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01604.x     Document Type: Review

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