Apnea of prematurity: From cause to treatment

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1097-1105

  Zhao, Jing ^a   Gonzalez, Fernando ^b   Mu, Dezhi ^a,b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea of prematurity; Continuous positive airway pressure; Methylxanthine therapy; Neurodevelopment; Premature infant

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINOPHYLLINE; CAFFEINE; DOXAPRAM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLXANTHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN; THEOPHYLLINE;

ATELECTASIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY POSTURE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHEMORECEPTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIURESIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; IRRITABILITY; KANGAROO CARE; LARYNX MUCOSA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; NEWBORN APNEA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; TIDAL VOLUME;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION; PRONE POSITION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; XANTHINES;

EID: 80054717078     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1409-6     Document Type: Review

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