Caffeine Citrate for Apnea of Prematurity
Loading and maintenance doses of caffeine citrate for apnea of prematurity from the FDA label, for a weight.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Infant weight
- 1.2
- Weight unit
- kg
Result: Loading 24 mg of caffeine citrate (1.2 mL) once; maintenance 6 mg (0.3 mL) every 24 hours.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Infant weight
- Weight unit
- Serum caffeine level (optional)
How this is calculated
Citation
FDA label on DailyMed, Caffeine Citrate Injection and Oral Solution, Dosage and Administration: loading 20 mg/kg (1 mL/kg) once, maintenance 5 mg/kg (0.25 mL/kg) every 24 hours; caffeine base is half the citrate dose; serious toxicity above 50 mg/L. Read the source ↗
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