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
Name Time Method 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
Name Time Method