To determine whether 3-hourly feeding interval is better as compare to standardized 2-hourly feeding interval in newborns between 1 kg to 1.5 kg birth weight
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: Z001- Encounter for newborn, infant andchild health examinations
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/03/050485
- Lead Sponsor
- ARPIT PARASHAR
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All neonates who will get admitted in NICU, weighing between 1000 g to 1500 g.
Only those neonates who will receive EBM or human donor milk.
Exclusion Criteria
Major congenital malformations including tracheoesophageal fistula , oesophageal atresia and duodenal atresia that interfered or delayed the feed initiation.
Severe perinatal asphyxia (APGAR score of <5 at 5 min.) or encephalopathy due to any reason.
Neonates with absent or reversed end diastolic flow (AEDF/REDF) in antenatal USG
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare whether 3-hourly feeding interval reduces the time to achieve full enteral feeding as compare to 2-hourly feeding.Timepoint: At 1 week, 4 weeks, 8 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the incidence of hypoglycemia, feed intolerance and NEC between both feeding schedule. <br/ ><br>To compare the growth.Timepoint: At 1 week, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 40 weeks