divendres, 16 de maig del 2014

Caffeine helps premature babies breathe a little easier...but how much and for how long?




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By Tom Ulrich


The caffeine in coffee might help get you going in the morning, but for premature babies it can be lifesaving. For more than a decade neonatologists have routinely given premature newborns caffeine as a respiratory stimulant, helping their immature lungs and brains remember to breathe and reducing episodes of intermittent hypoxia (IH)—short, repetitive drops in blood oxygen levels.




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