The Role of Electroencephalography in Caffeine Discontinuation Timing in Premature Infants

Inclusion Criteria

• •1. Infants born before 28 weeks of gestation with a birth weight of 1250 grams or less, who received prophylactic caffeine therapy.
• •2. Infants with a birth weight greater than 1250 grams and a gestational age below 32 weeks, who required invasive mechanical ventilation and were started on prophylactic caffeine therapy.
• •3. Infants born at less than 37 weeks of gestation, admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, and treated with caffeine for apnea of prematurity.
• •4. Infants whose parents or legal guardians provided informed consent.