Essential Neonatal Medicine

Sixth Edition

Sunil Sinha, Lawrence Miall and Luke Jardine

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Chapter 14: Question 1

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14.1 A day-2, 28-week infant, weight 900 g, is commenced on caffeine for treatment of apnoea of prematurity. Which one of the following is the MAJOR SHORT TERM BENEFIT (i.e. prior to hospital discharge) of commencing caffeine compared with no treatment?

A Decreased rate of apnoea.
B Increased incidence of oxygen requirement at 36 weeks' gestational age.
C Decreased rate of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
D Increased weight gain.
E Decreased incidence of periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) on cranial USS.