For our smallest patients,caffeine may be needed longer than you think.

Given that many preterm infants as they near term equivalent age are ready to go home it is common practice to discontinue caffeine sometime between 33-34 weeks PMA.  We do this as we try to time the readiness for discharge in terms of feeding, to the desire to see how infants fare off caffeine.  In … Continue reading For our smallest patients,caffeine may be needed longer than you think.