Small volume enemas do not accelerate meconium evacuation in very low birth weight infants

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 270-273

  Haiden, Nadja ^a   Jilma, Bernd ^a   Gerhold, Bernadette ^a   Klebermass, Katrin ^a   Prusa, Andrea R ^a   Kuhle, Stefan ^b   Rohrmeister, Klaudia ^a   Kohlhauser Vollmuth, Christina ^a   Pollak, Arnold ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enema; Meconium passage; Randomized controlled trial; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; GLYCEROL; INDOMETACIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DEHYDRATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

DEFECATION; ENEMA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MECONIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846622011     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31802c685a     Document Type: Article

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