Review: insufficient evidence exists for regular use of loop diuretics in preterm infants with chronic lung disease

  • McAllister, Mary RN,NNP,MHSc, Assistant Professor/Programme Director

  • ACNP-child Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto Clinical Nurse Specialist/Neonatal Nurse Practitioner The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Brion LP, Primhak RA. Intravenous or enteral loop diuretics for preterm infants with (or developing) chronic lung disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2001;(2):CD001453 (latest version 20 Aug 2000).

Source of funding: American Heart Association.

For correspondence: Dr L Brion, Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Weiler Hospital, Room 725, 1825 Eastchester Road, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. Fax +1 718 904 2659.

Evidence-Based Nursing 4(4):p 105, October 2001.
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