Prophylactic methylxanthines for endotracheal extubation in preterm infants

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2010, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Henderson Smart, David J ^c   Davis, Peter G ^a   Haughton, Diane ^b  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; CAFFEINE; CAFFEINE CITRATE; METHYLXANTHINE; PLACEBO; THEOPHYLLINE; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

APNEA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING; CEREBRAL PALSY; DEATH; DISABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOTRACHEAL EXTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MENSTRUATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VENTILATOR WEANING; DRUG EFFECT; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

AMINOPHYLLINE; CAFFEINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION; VENTILATOR WEANING; XANTHINES;

EID: 79952200135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000139.pub2     Document Type: Review

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