The TOL-study: The effect of intermittent bolus nasogastric milk feeding versus semi-continuous milk feeding in preterm infants on TOLerance
Recruiting
- Conditions
- 10017977feeding tolerance10028920
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON29985
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 250
Inclusion Criteria
Admission to neonatal intensive care unit within 24 hrs after birth
Gestational age under 32 weeks
Birth weight less than 1750 grams
Exclusion Criteria
Congenital abnormalities gastrointestinal tract
No informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>tolerance of enteral feeding measured as the number of days before full enteral<br /><br>nutrition is achieved</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>days to regain birth weight<br /><br>growth (weight gain and knemometry)<br /><br>days of intravenous fluids<br /><br>incidence of feeding complications<br /><br>catheter related sepsis<br /><br>necrotizing enterocolitis</p><br>