医学
支气管肺发育不良
地塞米松
胎龄
优势比
吸入氧分数
低出生体重
插管
麻醉
随机对照试验
置信区间
皮质类固醇
机械通风
出生体重
持续气道正压
氧气疗法
安慰剂
外科
内科学
怀孕
病理
替代医学
阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停
生物
遗传学
作者
Lex W. Doyle,Peter G Davis,Colin J Morley,Andy McPhee,John B. Carlin
出处
期刊:Pediatrics
[American Academy of Pediatrics]
日期:2006-01-01
卷期号:117 (1): 75-83
被引量:251
标识
DOI:10.1542/peds.2004-2843
摘要
OBJECTIVE. Postnatal corticosteroid therapy is controversial. The aim of this study was to determine the short-term effects of low-dose dexamethasone treatment among chronically ventilator-dependent neonates. METHODS. Very preterm (gestational age: <28 weeks) or extremely low birth weight (birth weight: <1000 g) infants who were ventilator dependent after the first 1 week of life were eligible and were assigned randomly to receive masked dexamethasone (0.89 mg/kg over 10 days) or saline placebo. Data on ventilator and oxygen requirements and deaths were recorded. RESULTS. Seventy infants were recruited from 11 centers, at a median age of 23 days. More infants were extubated successfully by 10 days of treatment in the dexamethasone group (60%, 21 of 35 patients) than in the control group (12%, 4 of 34 patients) (odds ratio [OR]: 11.2; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.2–39.0). Ventilator and oxygen requirements improved substantially, and the duration of intubation was shorter. There was little evidence for a reduction in either the mortality rate (dexamethasone group: 11%; control group: 20%; OR: 0.52; 95% CI: 0.14–1.95) or the rate of oxygen dependence at 36 weeks (dexamethasone group: 85%; control group: 91%; OR: 0.58; 95% CI: 0.13–2.66). There were no obvious effects of low-dose dexamethasone on blood glucose concentrations, blood pressure, or other complications. No infant experienced intestinal perforation. CONCLUSIONS. Low-dose dexamethasone treatment after the first 1 week of life clearly facilitates extubation and shortens the duration of intubation among ventilator-dependent, very preterm/extremely low birth weight infants, without any obvious short-term complications. Combined with recent evidence that infants at very high risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia may benefit in the long term, our study reopens debate regarding the role of low-dose, late postnatal, corticosteroid therapy.
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