The effects of abdominal massage in preterm infants
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Diseases of the digestive system
- Registration Number
- KCT0007874
- Lead Sponsor
- Korea University Anam Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 82
Inclusion Criteria
1.Preterm infants born before 32 weeks of gestation or birth weight less than 1500g
2.Appropriate gestation age
3.Infants whose patients signed the consent form after understanding the purpose.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Infants who had major congenital anomalies including face, central nervous system, gastro-intestine, and heart.
2.Infants with gastrointestinal complication such as necrotizing enterocolitis or who had gastrointestinal operation
3. per os (NPO) was needed due to deterioration of digestive system
4.Infants with severe intraventricular hemorrhage (Grade 3-4, classification by papile et al.)
5.Infants with invasive mechanical ventilatory support
6.Infants who have skin infection
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method number of significant gastric residue
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method number of vomiting;number of defecation;abdominal circumference;Superior mesentery artery flow;days of full oral feeding from first oral feeding;growth parameters(weight, length, head circumference)