%0 Journal Article
%T Citrato de cafe¨ªna en la apnea del prematuro
%A Palmero
%A Maria Isabel
%A P¨¦rez
%A Francisco
%A Gonz¨¢lez
%A Ricardo
%A Rojas
%A Raiza
%A Garc¨ªa
%A Germ¨¢n
%J Revista de Obstetricia y Ginecolog¨ªa de Venezuela
%D 2005
%I Sociedad de Obstetricia y Ginecolog¨ªa de Venezuela
%X objective: evaluate use of the caffeine citrate, in new born premature, to avoid the apnea appearance. method: prospective study with cross-sectional descriptive of 20 new born premature, that by its condition for being premature does more susceptible to present/display neonatal apnea. all of them received caffeine citrate into the general treatment medical. setting: maternity "conception palacios". pediatric service results: in 19 (95 %) of the patients, the evolution was satisfactory (alive) and in 1 (5%) she was bad (deads). in 17 cases (85 %), the apnea disappeared in the first 36 hours post beginning of the treatment. conclusions: the caffeine citrate used in prophylactic form avoids the appearance of the apneas and in therapeutic form, they disappear.
%K neonato
%K newborn preterm
%K apnea of prematurity
%K caffeine citrate.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0048-77322005000400003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en