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Christine Brouard, MD; Guy Moriette, MD; Isabelle Murat, MD; Bernard Flouvat, PharmD; Nicole Pajot; Hervé Walti, MD; Edurne de Gamarra, MD; Jean-Pierre Relier, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1985;139(7):698-700.

Abstract
• The purpose of our prospective randomized study was to compare the efficacy of theophylline ethylenediamine and caffeine sodium citrate in the treatment of idiopathic apnea in premature infants. Sixteen infants with three or more severe apneic attacks were studied. Twenty-four-hour cardiorespiratory recordings immediately before and after randomization and four days later showed similar significant decreases of the apnea frequency in both theophylline- (group 1, n=8) and caffeine-treated infants (group 2, n=8). No undesirable side effects were observed, except for tachycardia in one infant in group 1. We suggest reasons for preferring caffeine to theophylline in the control of idiopathic apnea in premature infants: caffeine is as efficient and easier to administer.

(AJDC 1985;139:698-700)

Author Affiliations
From the Service de Médecine Néonatale (Drs Brouard, Moriette, Murat, Walti, de Gamarra, and Relier and Ms Pajot) and Centre de Recherches de Biologie du Développement Foetal et Néonatal (Drs Brouard, Moriette, Murat, Walti, de Gamarra, and Relier and Ms Pajot), Hôpital Port-Royal and the Laboratoire de Toxicologie, Hôpital Ambroise Paré (Dr Flouvat), Paris.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Service de Médecine Néonatale, Hôpital Port-Royal, 123 Boulevard de Port-Royal, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France (Dr Moriette).

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