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Economic Evaluation of Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity

Dmitry Dukhovny, Scott A. Lorch, Barbara Schmidt, Lex W. Doyle, Joke H. Kok, Robin S. Roberts, Karen Kamholz, Na Wang, Wenyang Mao, John A. F. Zupancic

PEDIATRICS · 2010 · 75 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

In comparison with placebo, caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity in infants weighing less than 1250 g is economically appealing for infants up to 18 to 21 months' corrected age.

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