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

Assiut University1 enrolled

Overview

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

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Preterm Infant

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 1 WeekMax age: 15 Weeks

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Locations (1)

Assiut university

Asyut, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

effect of entral feeding on preterm

-Length of hospital stay.

Time frame: six months

Central Contacts

professor Mohamed Mahrous Sayed

CONTACT

01003486595 Eltellawy270@hotmail.com

Lecture Safwat Mohammed Abdel-Aziz

CONTACT

01003918080 Safwatabdaziz371@yahoo.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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