RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Nasogastric compared with nasoduodenal feeding in low birthweight infants.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 138
OP 141
DO 10.1136/adc.61.2.138
VO 61
IS 2
A1 I A Laing
A1 M A Lang
A1 O Callaghan
A1 R Hume
YR 1986
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/61/2/138.abstract
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.