Effect of Gastric Residual Evaluation on Enteral Intake in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Evaluating prefeed gastric residuals is considered routine care but has little supporting evidence.

Objective

To determine the effect of omitting prefeed gastric residual evaluation on nutritional outcomes in extremely preterm infants.

Design, setting, and participants

This single-center randomized clinical trial compared the omission of gastric residual evaluation with prefeed gastric residual evaluation. Infants were recruited from a level 4 neonatal intensive care unit and were enrolled from October 17, 2013, to October 8, 2016, and then followed up for 6 weeks after birth. Eligible participants were infants born at 32 or fewer weeks' gestation with a birth weight of 1250 g or less; they were enrolled within 72 hours after birth and within 24 hours after

SUBMITTER: Parker LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6547072 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature