ali Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Hi everyone, I am intrigued as to whether other units preferentially use an oral or iv preparation when attempting to wean ventilator dependent infants. Our oral preps result in such small doses as the regime tails off I am now concerned that even the smallest vomit/posset/aspirate could inhibit the efficacy of outcome. Would it be more pragmatic to curtail administration to purely iv. Value any thoughts. Best wishes Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhav Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Working in Africa means we do not have access to why we need all the time. We, in our setup, have tried IV low dosedexamethasone with good results. However due to increasing concerns over the long term outcomes we use it as a last resort after failure with diuretics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plyon0962 Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Hi everyone, I am intrigued as to whether other units preferentially use an oral or iv preparation when attempting to wean ventilator dependent infants. Our oral preps result in such small doses as the regime tails off I am now concerned that even the smallest vomit/posset/aspirate could inhibit the efficacy of outcome. Would it be more pragmatic to curtail administration to purely iv. Value any thoughts. Best wishes Alistair we always use zantac with decadron, and very rarely do we have problems with vomiting the med or feeding up. but we also only use it in certain cases. we use dexamethosone very sparingly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph-adil Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 The best recommendation is to use the dexamethason iv for ten days using dart protocol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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