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Dexamethasone in the treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
F Benini1, F F Rubaltelli, P Griffith
1Department of Paediatrics, University of Padova, Italy.
Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica. Supplement
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Sixteen chronically ventilator-dependent newborns with BPD were treated with one or more cycles of dexamethasone (0.5 mg/kg/day). In 11 cases extubation was possible during the therapy period. Ventilatory parameters were lowered in 3 other newborns. FIO2, respiratory rate, PIP, and PEEP, assessed before and after dexamethasone administration, decreased in a statistically significant way. Our data confirm the utility of dexamethasone in the extubation in chronically ventilated infants with BPD.