PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - I A Laing
AU  - M A Lang
AU  - O Callaghan
AU  - R Hume
TI  - Nasogastric compared with nasoduodenal feeding in low birthweight infants.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.61.2.138
DP  - 1986 Feb 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 138--141
VI  - 61
IP  - 2
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/61/2/138.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/61/2/138.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1986 Feb 01; 61
AB  - One hundred successive infants weighing less than 1500 g at birth were allocated alternately to intermittent nasogastric or continuous nasoduodenal feeding regimens. Eighty were appropriate for gestational age, and of these 25 fed successfully by nasogastric tube and 16 tolerated nasoduodenal feeding until 1600 g. No significant differences in either calorie intake or growth rates were identified throughout the seven weeks of the study. Because of the increased complexity and radiological exposure involved with feeding transpylorically, nasogastric feeding may be preferred as a method of feeding the low birthweight infant.