Clinical effect of early or late administration of caffeine citrate in prevention and treatment of apnea in very low birth weight infants / 中国当代儿科杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To study the clinical effect of early or late administration of caffeine citrate in the prevention and treatment of apnea in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants.@*METHODS@#A total of 82 VLBW infants who were hospitalized and treated in the neonatal intensive care unit between June 2015 and May 2017 were enrolled. According to the age in days when caffeine citrate treatment was started, they were divided into early treatment group (0.05).@*CONCLUSIONS@#Early administration of caffeine citrate can improve the prognosis of VLBW infants.