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He lāʻau lapaʻau ʻo Caffeine citrate e kōkua ana i nā pēpē hānau mua e hanu maikaʻi aʻe ma ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kā lākou ʻōnaehana hanu. Hāʻawi ʻia kēia ʻano caffeine kūikawā ma o ka IV a i ʻole ka paipu hānai e mālama i kahi maʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo apnea o ka prematurity, kahi e kū ai nā keiki hānau hou i ka hanu ʻana i ka wā e hiamoe ai.
Inā ua kau ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i kāu pēpē hānau mua, e hopohopo ana ʻoe a makemake e hoʻomaopopo i kāna hana. E hele kākou i nā mea a pau e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana i ka caffeine citrate ma nā ʻōlelo maopopo a hōʻoluʻolu.
He ʻano lāʻau lapaʻau ʻo Caffeine citrate o ka caffeine i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā pēpē hānau mua. ʻAʻole like me ka caffeine i loko o ke kofe a i ʻole ke kī, ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau a ana ʻia e hāʻawi i nā mea palekana a paʻa no nā pēpē liʻiliʻi.
Hele mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he wai maopopo a ʻaʻohe kala e hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ma o ka laina IV a i ʻole ka paipu hānai. ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka caffeine i loaʻa i nā mea inu i kēlā me kēia lā, akā ua hana ʻia a ua ʻākoakoa ʻia e kū i nā kūlana lāʻau lapaʻau koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka haukapila.
No ka papa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia he mau mea hoʻoulu hanu kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he kāhea ala mālie no ke kikowaena hanu o kāu pēpē i ka lolo, e kōkua ana iā ia e hoʻomanaʻo e hanu mau.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Caffeine citrate i ka apnea o ka prematurity, kahi maʻi maʻamau kahi e hoʻomaha ai nā pēpē hānau mua i ko lākou hanu ʻana no 15-20 kekona a ʻoi aku paha. Hana ʻia kēia no ka mea ʻaʻole i hoʻomohala piha ʻia ka ʻāpana o ko lākou lolo e hoʻomalu i ka hanu.
ʻO nā pēpē hānau mua i hānau ʻia ma mua o 34 mau pule e ʻike pinepine i kēia mau hanu hanu, hiki ke hoʻoweliweli i nā mākua e ʻike. Hiki ke hana ʻia nā hanana i ka wā e hiamoe ai a hiki ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka puʻuwai o ka pēpē a i ʻole e lilo ko lākou ʻili i uliuli.
Ma waho aʻe o ka mālama ʻana i ka apnea, hoʻohana kekahi mau kauka i ka caffeine citrate e kōkua i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā pēpē hānau mua mai ka mechanical ventilation. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻoikaika i ko lākou mau ʻiʻo hanu a hoʻemi i ko lākou hilinaʻi ʻana i nā mīkini hanu.
Hana ka caffeine citrate ma ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana nerve waena, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kikowaena hoʻomalu hanu i loko o ka lolo o kāu pēpē. Hana ia e like me ka ʻōnaehana alarm mālie e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka lolo e mālama i nā ʻano hanu maʻamau.
Pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kekahi mau mea hoʻokipa i loko o ka lolo i kapa ʻia ʻo adenosine receptors. Ke ālaina ʻia kēia mau mea hoʻokipa, hoʻonui ia i ka naʻau o ke kikowaena hanu, e hoʻonui ana i ka pane ʻana i nā pae carbon dioxide i loko o ke koko.
Manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika no nā pēpē hānau mua. ʻOiai ua lawa ka ikaika e mālama pono ai i nā pilikia hanu, ua lawa nō hoʻi ka mālie e hoʻohana palekana ʻia i nā pēpē liʻiliʻi loa e kaupaona ana i ka 500 grams.
E loaʻa i kāu pēpē ka caffeine citrate ma o ka laina IV a i ʻole ma o ka paipu hānai e hele ana i loko o ko lākou ʻōpū. E koho ke kime lapaʻau i ke ala maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ke kūlana o kāu pēpē a me ke komo ʻana i loaʻa iā lākou.
ʻO ka maʻamau ka nui o ka mahele mua, i kapa ʻia he loading dose, a ma hope mai nā mahele mālama liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻAʻole pono kāu pēpē e ʻai ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, a hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia me ka nānā ʻole i nā papa hānai.
Inā hāʻawi ʻia ma o ka paipu hānai, hiki ke hui pū ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau me kahi wai liʻiliʻi o ka wai sterile a i ʻole e hāʻawi pololei ʻia. E holoi nā limahana hānai i ka paipu ma hope e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o kāu pēpē i ka mahele piha.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā, pinepine i ke kakahiaka. Kōkua kēia manawa i ka mālama ʻana i nā pae kūlike i loko o ka ʻōnaehana o kāu pēpē i ka wā e ʻae ai i nā limahana lapaʻau e nānā i nā hopena i nā hola o ke ao.
Lawe ka hapa nui o nā pēpē i ka caffeine citrate a hiki i ka wā e hiki ai lākou i kahi 34-37 pule o ka makahiki gestational, i ka wā e oʻo ai ko lākou mana hanu e hana kūʻokoʻa. ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻo ia hoʻi he mau pule a i ʻole mau mahina o ka mālama ʻana.
E hoʻemi mālie kāu hui lapaʻau i ka mahele ma mua o ka hoʻōki ʻana koke. Kōkua kēia hana tapering i ka pale ʻana i nā hōʻailona haʻalele a hiki i nā reflexes hanu maoli o kāu pēpē ke lawe maʻalahi.
Pono paha kekahi mau pēpē i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā manawa pōkole a lōʻihi paha ma muli o ko lākou ulu ʻana. ʻO nā mea e like me ke kaumaha hānau, ke olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me ka maikaʻi o ka pane ʻana i ka mālama ʻana e pili ana i ka lōʻihi.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i ka caffeine citrate ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai e ʻae maikaʻi ka hapa nui o nā pēpē. Mālama ka hui lapaʻau i kāu pēpē e hopu a hoʻoponopono koke i nā pilikia.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e ʻike ai ʻoe, e hoʻomanaʻo ana e nānā ana nā limahana NICU i ʻike i kēia mau mea a puni ka uaki:
He maʻalahi kēia mau hopena a pinepine e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai ke kino o kāu pēpē i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻIke nā limahana hānai i ka pehea e hōʻoluʻolu ai i nā pēpē e ʻike nei i kēia mau hōʻailona.
ʻAʻole maʻamau nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā pono ka nānā koke. Hiki i kēia mau pilikia laha ʻole ke komo i nā loli koʻikoʻi o ka puʻuwai, nā hopu ʻana, a i ʻole nā loli nui i nā pae kōpaʻa koko.
Nānā kāu hui lapaʻau i ka puʻuwai o kāu pēpē, ka hanu ʻana, a me ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa i kēlā me kēia manawa e hōʻoia i ka hana palekana a me ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
He palekana ka caffeine citrate no ka hapa nui o nā pēpē hānau mua, akā aia kekahi mau kūlana e koho ai nā kauka i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. Pono paha nā pēpē me kekahi mau maʻi puʻuwai i ka nānā kūikawā a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole.
ʻAʻole kūpono paha nā pēpē me nā pilikia kīkī nui no ka mea he pilikia paha ko lākou kino i ka hana ʻana a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Pēlā nō, pono paha nā pēpē me kekahi mau ʻano maʻi hopu i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
E nānā kāu hui lapaʻau i ka mōʻaukala olakino piha o kāu pēpē ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka caffeine citrate. E noʻonoʻo lākou i nā mea e like me ke kaumaha hānau, ka makahiki gestational, a me nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe e hōʻoia i ka koho kūpono.
Inā ua loaʻa i kāu pēpē nā hopena koʻikoʻi i ka caffeine i ka wā ma mua, e kaupaona nā kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi e kūʻē i nā pilikia me ka akahele.
ʻO ka inoa inoa maʻamau no ka caffeine citrate ʻo Cafcit, i hana kūikawā ʻia no nā pēpē hānau mua. ʻO kēia ka mana i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ma nā NICU ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Hiki i kekahi mau halemai ke hoʻohana i nā mana generic o ka caffeine citrate, i loaʻa ka mea hana like akā hana ʻia e nā hui lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole. Noho like ka pono me ka nānā ʻole i ka brand.
Hiki i kāu hale kūʻai lāʻau a i ʻole ka hui lapaʻau ke haʻi iā ʻoe i ka brand a i ʻole ka mana generic e loaʻa ana i kāu pēpē. Pono nā mana a pau e hoʻokō i nā kūlana palekana a me ka pono o ka FDA.
ʻO Theophylline ke koho nui i ka caffeine citrate no ka mālama ʻana i ka apnea o ka prematurity. Eia naʻe, makemake nui ʻia ka caffeine citrate no ka mea he liʻiliʻi nā hopena ʻaoʻao a koi i ka nānā ʻana i ke koko.
No nā pēpē kekahi, hiki ke hoʻāʻo mua ʻia nā ala ʻaʻole lāʻau a i ʻole hoʻohana ʻia me ka caffeine citrate. Hiki i kēia ke komo i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke kūlana hiamoe, ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻenehana hoʻoulu mālie, a i ʻole ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā mea e pili ana i ke kaiapuni e like me ka mahana a me ka haʻahaʻa.
I nā hihia koʻikoʻi, pono paha ka mechanical ventilation a i ʻole nā mea hana kākoʻo hanu e like me nā mīkini CPAP. Hāʻawi kēia mau mea i ke kākoʻo hanu ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau wale nō.
E koho kāu hui lapaʻau i ke ala maikaʻi loa e pili ana i nā pono kikoʻī o kāu pēpē, ke olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me ka maikaʻi o ka pane ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau mua.
ʻOi aku ka makemake o ka hapa nui o nā loea pediatric i ka caffeine citrate ma mua o ka theophylline no ka mālama ʻana i ka apnea o ka prematurity. Hōʻike ka noiʻi ʻo ka caffeine citrate ka mea maikaʻi loa a hoʻoulu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi i nā pēpē hānau mua.
He ola lōʻihi ka caffeine citrate, ʻo ia hoʻi, noho ia i loko o ka ʻōnaehana o kāu pēpē no ka lōʻihi a hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia i ka liʻiliʻi. ʻO kēia ka hopena i nā pae lāʻau lapaʻau paʻa a me ka mana maikaʻi o nā hanana hanu.
Pono ka theophylline i nā hoʻokolohua koko pinepine e nānā i nā pae a hōʻoia i ka palekana, ʻoiai ʻo ka caffeine citrate e pono ai ka nānā ʻana i ka liʻiliʻi. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā nila a me nā huki koko no kāu pēpē.
Ua hōʻike pū nā haʻawina i nā pēpē i mālama ʻia me ka caffeine citrate i nā hopena hoʻomohala lōʻihi maikaʻi aʻe i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka poʻe i mālama ʻia me ka theophylline, ʻoiai ua manaʻo ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua he palekana a maikaʻi.
Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka caffeine citrate i nā pēpē me kekahi mau maʻi puʻuwai, akā pono ia i ka nānā ʻana. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻonui i ka helu o ka puʻuwai a pili i ka puʻuwai, no laila hana pinepine nā cardiologists me ka hui NICU e hōʻoia i ka palekana.
E nānā pono ʻia ka hana o ka puʻuwai o kāu pēpē me nā EKG maʻamau a me ka nānā mau ʻana i ka helu o ka puʻuwai. Hiki i ka hui lapaʻau ke hoʻoponopono i ka mahele a i ʻole ke koho i nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe inā loaʻa kekahi mau loli e pili ana.
Inā loaʻa i kāu pēpē ka nui o ka caffeine citrate, e nānā pono ka hui lapaʻau iā lākou no nā hōʻailona o ka ʻona caffeine. Hiki i nā hōʻailona ke komo i ka ʻoluʻolu nui, ka helu puʻuwai wikiwiki, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hanu.
Ua aʻo ʻia nā limahana NICU e ʻike a mālama koke i ka overdose caffeine. ʻO ka maʻamau o ka mālama ʻana e pili ana i ka mālama kākoʻo, ka nānā pono ʻana, a me ka ʻae ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau nui e hoʻomaʻemaʻe mai ke kino o kāu pēpē ma ke ʻano maoli.
Inā haʻalele kāu pēpē i kahi mahele, e hāʻawi ka hui lapaʻau iā ia i ka wā e hoʻomanaʻo ai lākou, ke ʻole kokoke ka manawa no ka mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. ʻAʻole lākou e pāpālua i nā mahele e hana i kahi mea i haʻalele ʻia.
ʻO ka haʻalele ʻana i kahi mahele i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole ia he mea weliweli, akā hiki iā ia ke hoʻonui i ka manawa o ka hoʻi ʻana mai o nā hanana hanu no ka manawa. E nānā pono nā limahana hānai i kāu pēpē a hiki i ka paʻa hou ʻana o nā pae lāʻau.
Hiki i kāu pēpē ke hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka caffeine citrate i ka wā e hiki ai lākou i kahi 34-37 mau pule o ka makahiki gestational a ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā hanana hanu no kekahi mau lā. Aia ka manawa kūpono i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ke kūpaʻa o kāu pēpē.
E hoʻemi mālie ka hui lapaʻau i ka mahele i nā lā he nui ma mua o ka hooki ʻana. Kōkua kēia hana tapering i ka pale ʻana i nā hōʻailona withdrawal a hiki i nā reflexes hanu maoli o kāu pēpē ke lawe maʻalahi.
Hiki i ka caffeine citrate ke hoʻolalelale a hana i kāu pēpē, a hiki ke hoʻopilikia i nā ʻano hiamoe i ka wā mua. Eia naʻe, nui nā pēpē e hoʻoponopono i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kekahi mau lā a hoʻi i nā pōʻai hiamoe maʻamau.
Hiki i nā limahana hānai ke kōkua i ka hōʻoluʻolu i kāu pēpē a hoʻokumu i nā hana hiamoe maikaʻi ʻoiai ma kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. E hoʻomanaʻo i ka hanu maikaʻi ʻana e alakaʻi pinepine i ka hiamoe maikaʻi ma ka laulā, ʻoiai inā he paʻakikī ka manawa hoʻoponopono mua.
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