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Is early caffeine therapy safe and effective for ventilated preterm infants?

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Manuscript citation: Amaro CM, Bello JA, Jain D, Ramnath A, D’ugard C, Vanbuskirk S, Bancalari E, Claure N. Early caffeine and weaning from mechanical ventilation in preterm infants: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. J Pediatr. 2018;196:52-7.

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The Journal Club is a collaboration between the American Academy of Pediatrics—Section of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine and the International Society for Evidence-Based Neonatology (EBNEO.org).

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  1. Perinatal Institute, Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Viral G Jain & Alan Jobe

  2. Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Vivek Saroha & Ravi Mangal Patel

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Jain, V., Saroha, V., Patel, R.M. et al. Is early caffeine therapy safe and effective for ventilated preterm infants?. J Perinatol 39, 754–757 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-019-0336-7

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