HPLC Method for Quantification of Caffeine and Its Three Major Metabolites in Human Plasma Using Fetal Bovine Serum Matrix to Evaluate Prenatal Drug Exposure

Caffeine is recognized as the first-line therapeutic agent for apnea of prematurity. The dosage regimen is 10 mg/kg loading dose and 2.5 mg/kg maintenance dose. However, the plasma concentration achieved, not always, is therapeutically useful. It makes necessary to increase the doses to reach plasma...

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Main Authors: Rosa del Carmen Lopez-Sanchez, Victor Javier Lara-Diaz, Alejandro Aranda-Gutierrez, Jorge A. Martinez-Cardona, Jose A. Hernandez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2085059