What is new:
- In this quasi-experiment before and after withdrawal of Theophylline
given systematically to all LBW infants with ambulatory oxygen, there
was no evidence of Theophylline effect on decreasing days of oxygen
dependence.
- Infants in Theophylline group had more tachycardia episodes.
- In the multivariate analysis, daily weight gain and exclusive breast
feeding had important effect on reducing days of oxygen
dependency.