Table 1 In-hospital mortality and morbidities in infants with HIE who received methylxanthines.

From: Methylxanthine use in infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: a retrospective cohort study

Outcome

Caffeine group (n = 30)

Aminophylline group (n = 24)

No methylxanthine group (n = 5857)

Hypothermia alone in trials (if available)

Death—% (no. infants)

14 (4/28)

20 (4/20)

10 (557/5443)

7–2912,13,15,16,17

Length of hospital stay—days

 Median

20

16

14

12–2012,13,17

 5th–95th percentiles

8–45

8–31

8–46

–

Feeding—% (no. infants)

 Gastrostomy tube placement

7 (2/30)

0 (0/24)

6 (347/5857)

7–912,13,17

Hepatic—% (no. infants)

 Coagulopathy (PT > 16 s)

91 (10/11)

86 (18/21)

80 (2612/3260)

4113

 Hepatic Dysfunction (AST > 200 U/L and ALT > 100 U/L)

39 (7/18)

40 (8/20)

39 (1693/4298)

20–4712,16,17

Neurologic—% (no. infants)

 Received AED in first postnatal week

37 (11/30)

42 (10/24)

44 (2565/5857)

44–8012,16

 Received > 1 AED in first postnatal week

13 (4/30)

13 (3/24)

10 (561/5857)

–

Pulmonary—% (no. infants)

 Receiving mechanical ventilation for ≥ 5 days

23 (7/30)

29 (7/24)

26 (1530/5857)

1617a

Renal

 Creatinine rise > 0.3 mg/dL in 2-day period—% (no. infants)

19 (4/21)

41 (9/22)

15 (601/4134)

1017b–6516c

 Peak creatinine

 Median

1.00

1.25

0.91

–

 5th–95th percentiles

0.63–1.78

0.65–3.01

0.51–1.93

–

  1. PT Prothrombin time; AST Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT Alanine transaminase; AED Anti-epileptic drug.
  2. aDefined as > 7 days mechanical ventilation.
  3. bDefined as serum creatinine rise ≥ 1.5 × baseline.
  4. cDefined as serum creatinine > 1 mg/dL.