Effect of position during bottle feeding on physiological stability in preterm infants
试验速览
- 阶段
- 未知
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 30
研究概览
简要总结
Infants born preterm often require tube until they can suck all feeds. Some preterm infants will receive bottle feeds before transitioning to full breast feeding. In this trial we wanted to find out if the position during bottle suck feeds affected infants breathing, heart rate and oxygen saturation. We compared two bottle feeding positions, the traditional cradle-hold versus side-lying. We studied infants who were less than 34 weeks’ gestation at birth and were at least 34 weeks’ postmenstrual age at the time of the study. Infants were receiving at least two sucking feeds/day. Two feeds were studied on successive days. A pulse oximeter measured oxygen saturation (SpO2) and heart rate (HR) before, during and 30 min after feeds. Twenty-five study infants completed the study. There was little difference in infants’ breathing, heart HR or SpO2 between the two bottle feeding positions. Both methods may be appropriate for the transition from gastric tube to sucking feeds in preterm infants.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomised controlled trial
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Open (masking not used)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 23 Weeks 至 33 Weeks（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •Infants less than 34 weeks gestation at birth
- •Infants who were born less than 34weeks at birth and at the time of the first study feed are greater than 34 weeks corrected gestation.
- •Infants must be having at least two suck feeds per day and less than four suck feeds per day. The number of suck feeds per day can be a combination of breast or bottle feeds
排除标准
- •Serious illness precluding bottle feeds
- •Craniofacial/structural abnormalities
- •Transfer to another hospital planned or likely during the study period
- •Parents unable to speak or read Englishe
- •Bottle feeds given with a special needs feeder
- •Parents do not agree to their infant receiving bottle feeds
- •Infants having more than four suck feeds per day