Intermittent Bolus or Semicontinuous Feeding for Preterm Infants?

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 659-664

  Rövekamp Abels, Lyanne W W ^a,b   Hogewind Schoonenboom, Jacomine E ^b   De Wijs Meijler, Daphne P M ^a   Maduro, Margaux D ^a   Jansen Van Der Weide, Marijke C ^b   Van Goudoever, Johannes B ^b   Hulst, Jessie M ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

enteral feeding; low birth weight infants; nutrition; tolerance; weight gain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BOLUS FEEDING; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NOSE FEEDING; NUTRITIONAL TOLERANCE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMICONTINUOUS FEEDING; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; WEIGHT GAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROCEDURES; STOMACH EMPTYING;

BIRTH WEIGHT; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84957706153     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000888     Document Type: Article

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