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The effect of two positions on the gastric residual volume of premature infants

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Prematurity.
Encounter for health supervision and care of other healthy infant and child
Registration Number
IRCT20171203037733N1
Lead Sponsor
Arak University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
52
Inclusion Criteria

The consent of the infant's parents to intervene
Breast feeding by gavage
The infants with uterine age from 28 to 36 weeks
The weight between 800 and 2500 grams
The hospitalization for at least 2 days
The lack of connection to the ventilator

Exclusion Criteria

Resumption of oral nutrition
Parents' unwillingness to continue the study
The presence of digestive problems
Intravntricular hemorrhage
Necrotizing enterocolitis
Apnea
Seizure
Infant death

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Gastric Residual Volume. Timepoint: Before the gavage, as well as at 30, 60, 90 and 120 minutes after gavage. Method of measurement: Gavage syringe.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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