Table 1

General data

Patient	GA	BW	Sex	Days of life when DEX	Clinical situation	Concomitant medication
1	27 (0)	930	Female	3	RDS: MV PHT CU Normal	Dobutamine Adrenalin Antibiotics Surfactant
2	23 (4)	600	Male	2	RDS: HFOV CU Normal	Dobutamine Antibiotics Surfactant
3	25 (6)	1061	Male	2	PDA with treatment, RDS: HFOV	Fentanyl Antibiotics Ibuprofen
4	25 (5)	750	Female	5	RDS: CPAP CU Normal	Dopamine Antibiotics
5	30 (3)	1000	Male	4	HFOV, PHT Pneumothorax—resolved CU Normal	Fentanyl Antibiotics Nitric oxide
6	28 (5)	990	Male	8	S. epidermidis sepsis: MV CU Normal	Dopamine Dobutamine Hydrocortisone Antibiotics Ranitidine
7	27 (0)	645	Male	8	HFOV PDA CU: IVH grade II left/grade I right	Fentanyl Ibuprofen
8	27 (0)	650	Male	30	BPD: HFOV Abdominal sepsis CU Normal	Antibiotics Acetaminofen Metamizole
9	26 (3)	715	Female	10	HFOV CU Normal	Antibiotics Acetaminofen Metamizole
10	27 (0)	1100	Male	11	RDS: HFOV PHT CU Normal	Fentanyl Dopamine Dobutamine Antibiotics Hydrocortisone

, ; BDP, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia ; BW, birth weight (grams); CU, cranial ultrasound; DEX, dexmedetomidine; GA, gestational age: weeks (days); HFOV, high frequency oscillatory ventilation; IVH, intraventricular haemorrhage); MV, mechanical ventilation; PDA, patent ductus arteriosus; PHT, pulmonary hypertension; RDS, respiratory distress syndrome.