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Caffeine for extubation of preterm


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If preterm baby already given caffeine loading and on maintenance, after 4-5 days want to extubate him , is it enough for him that he already on caffeine maintenance or shall we give him extra dose of caffeine 1-2 hours before extubation to prevent failure of extubation

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In my experience an extra loading dose isn’t given but as @kishoreyv17 says there is variation in dosing. Sometimes a dose of 7.5mg/kg twice a day is used! 

There could be an argument for checking caffeine levels to ensure they are in a therapeutic range before giving additional doses but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a caffeine level checked!!!! 
 

 

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If you're actually worried about extubation failure, there are evidence based things you can do to improve chances of successful extubation such as extubating to NIPPV and having the non-invasive interface setup (or even part way on the baby) at time of extubation to minimize loss of FRC. There is no evidence that I am aware of to support re-loading caffeine.

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