Effects of Abdominal Massage on Feeding Tolerance in Preterm Infants in Certain Hospitals of Isfahan

Vice Chancellor for Research, Isfahan University of Medcal Sciences0 个研究点目标入组 64 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2018年2月22日

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•infants should be in the 28-32 week-old age range; infants should weigh1000-1800 grams; infants who have a medical prescription for a daily feeding of at least 20 cc/kg; infants who are breastfed; infants who suffer from feeding intolerance; infants should have no history of ileus (gastrointestinal atony), abdominal surgery, or any other problem forbidding them to receive abdominal massage; infants should be fed through the orogastric tube; parents should give consent to the examination of their infants; preterm infants should never suffer from major congenital anomalies such as congenital heart disease, digestive-system disorders, hypoxic injury, respiratory failure with mechanical ventilation, history of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), or (suspected) sepsis; preterm infants should show no symptoms of intracranial hemorrhage; preterm infants should never need a ventilator.
•Exclusion criteria: parents’ withdrawal for infants’ participation in the study; infants’ discharge or death before the end of the intervention period; infants’ becoming unwell in the course of illness and during the study, which would interfere with the intervention for any reason.

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Vice Chancellor for Research, Isfahan University of Medcal Sciences