Doxapram Use for Apnoea of Prematurity in Neonatal Intensive Care

Table 2

Doxapram data.

	𝑁 (%)	Median (IQR) (min–max)
Success rate of doxapram	79/116 (64.8%)
Route of administration (IV/oral/both)	58 (49.2)/49 (41.5)/11 (9.3)
Number of doxapram episodes (1/2/3)	92 (75.4)/29 (23.8)/1 (0.8)
Postnatal age (days)		13.5 (11) (1–40)
Total duration of doxapram use (hrs)		108 (147) (0.5–698)
Average dose of doxapram (mg/kg/hour)		1.07 (0.66) (0.32–5.44)
Cumulative dose doxapram		116 (186) (0.3–859.6)
Cumulative dose doxapram (per kg)		109.5 (174.2) (0.33–781.5)