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. 2016 Jun 7;17:22. doi: 10.1186/s40360-016-0065-x

Table 3.

Summary of clinical interventions/adverse events in terms of re-intubation and tachycardia among dosing regimens

Dosing regimens Number of patients going through re-intubation (%) Number of patients having tachycardia (%)
Secondary to apnea of prematurity Secondary to other respiratory etiologies
40/5 mg/kg
 q12h 4 (8.5 %) 7 (14.9 %) 21*** (44.7 %)
20/5 mg/kg
 q24h 4 (8.2 %) 8 (16.3 %) 5 (10.2 %)
 q12h 0 1 (12.5 %) 4 (50.0 %)
5/5 mg/kg
 q24h 2 (33.3 %) 0 1 (16.7 %)
 q12h 0 1 (20.0 %) 0

*** p < 0.001, regimen 40/5 mg/kg q12h led to significantly higher percentage of patients experiencing tachycardia secondary to caffeine citrate therapy than standard 20/5 mg/kg q24h