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SUBMITTER: Laughon MM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4223004 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Laughon Matthew M MM Chantala Kim K Aliaga Sofia S Herring Amy H AH Hornik Christoph P CP Hughes Rachel R Clark Reese H RH Smith P Brian PB
American journal of perinatology 20140506 1
<h4>Objective</h4>Diuretics are often prescribed off-label to premature infants, particularly to prevent or treat bronchopulmonary dysplasia. We examined their use and safety in this group.<h4>Study design</h4>Retrospective cohort study of infants < 32 weeks gestation and < 1,500 g birth weight exposed to diuretics in 333 neonatal intensive care units from 1997 to 2011. We examined use of acetazolamide, amiloride, bumetanide, chlorothiazide, diazoxide, ethacrynic acid, furosemide, hydrochlorothi ...[more]