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A pilot study of limb stimulation for the treatment of neonatal apnea.
Dong, Li-Bin; Li, Yu-Fen; Zhang, Yu; Qiao, Shuang.
Afiliación
  • Dong LB; Department of Pediatrics.
  • Li YF; Department of Pediatrics.
  • Zhang Y; Department of Pediatrics.
  • Qiao S; Department of Neonatology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China.
Medicine (Baltimore) ; 97(49): e12827, 2018 Dec.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30544368
ABSTRACT
This study explored the feasibility effect and safety of the limb stimulation (LS) for the treatment of neonatal apnea (NAP).The cases of 30 eligible premature infants with NAP were included in this retrospective study. These cases were equally divided into an intervention group (n = 15) and a control group (n = 15). The infants in both groups received caffeine treatment. Moreover, cases in the intervention group also received LS for a total 30 hours, while the subjects in the control group did not receive LS during this period. The primary outcome included apnea frequency (number of episodes per 24 hours), and apnea rate. The secondary outcomes consisted of desaturation (number of episodes per 24 hours), and heart rate (beats per minute). Additionally, adverse events were also documented during the treatment period.After treatment, LS did not show better outcomes in apnea frequency (P = .48), apnea rate (P = .33), desaturation (P = .55), and heart rate (P = .41). Furthermore, no significant differences of all adverse events were found between 2 groups.The results of this pilot study demonstrated that LS might be not efficacious for premature infants with NAP.
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Texto completo: 1 Bases de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Apnea / Recien Nacido Prematuro / Masaje Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies Límite: Female / Humans / Male / Newborn Idioma: En Revista: Medicine (Baltimore) Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Bases de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Apnea / Recien Nacido Prematuro / Masaje Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies Límite: Female / Humans / Male / Newborn Idioma: En Revista: Medicine (Baltimore) Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Article