STUDY TO COMPARE CONTINUOUS FEEDING WITH BOLUS FEEDING IN PRETERM INFANTS LESS THAN 32WEEKS AND LESS THAN 1250GM
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- feeding in preterm
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/06/008792
- Lead Sponsor
- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 171
Inclusion Criteria
All hemo-dynamically stable infants <=32 weeks at birth and birth weight <=1250 g in whom enteral feeding can be started.
Exclusion Criteria
Gross congenital anomalies, including those with anomalies of gastrointestinal tract (omphlocele, gastrochisis, anorectal malformation, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, congenital intestinal obstruction)
Refusal of consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to reach full feedsTimepoint: From day of enrollment till baby reach feed of 180ml/kg/day
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Episodes of feed intolerance <br/ ><br> Necrotizing enterocolitis <br/ ><br>Time to regain of birth weight <br/ ><br>Culture positive sepsis <br/ ><br>Growth parameters at stoppage intervention and at discharge <br/ ><br>Duration of hospital stay <br/ ><br> All cause mortality <br/ ><br>Timepoint: from day of enrollment till day of discharge