Rapid Versus Slow Entral Feeding Advancements on Clinical Outcomes of Preterm Infants (pretermfood)

Assiut University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Preterm Infant

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03214744

17100036

Details and patient eligibility

About

Rapid Versus Slow Entral Feeding Advancements on Clinical Outcomes of Preterm Infants

Full description

Rapid feeding advancement achieves full enteral volume of feedings earlier than the slower advancement.They received significantly fewer days of parenteral nutrition, exhibited a shorter time to regain birth weight and shorter duration of hospital stay. The incidence of NEC and the number of episodes of feeding intolerance were not significantly different between rapid and slow advancement. while the incidence of culture-proven late onset sepsis was significantly less in infants receiving a rapid feeding advancement

Enrollment: 1 estimated patient

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 15 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All preterm neonates admitted to NICU with gestational age less than 36 weeks, and haemodynamically stable

Exclusion criteria

• gastrointestinal tract anomalies,
• haemodynamically unstable infants,
• gestatinal age equal or more than 36 weeks,
• preterms who develop NEC,
• preterms on mechanical ventilation.