Early Total Versus Gradually Advanced Enteral Nutrition in Stable Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Neonates: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.
Indian J Pediatr
; 89(1): 25-30, 2022 Jan.
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OBJECTIVE: To assess whether early total enteral nutrition (80 mL/kg/d) started on day 1 of life in hemodynamically stable preterm very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) neonates with the rapid advancement of feeds (20 mL/kg/d) help in the earlier achievement of full feeds (180 mL/kg/d). METHODS: Early total enteral nutrition (intervention) group feeding was started with 80 mL/kg/d on the first day in all hemodynamically stable neonates admitted with birth weight of 1000-1499 grams, born at 29-33 wk of gestation as determined by first-trimester ultrasonography (USG) or expanded New Ballard Score (NBS) and was advanced by 20 mL/kg/d until maximum feeds of 180 mL/kg/d were achieved; while in control group feeding was started with 30 mL/kg/d on the first day and was advanced by 20 mL/kg/d until maximum feeds were achieved. Primary outcome measure was time taken to achieve full feeds; secondary outcomes were duration of hospital stay, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), time to regain birth weight, duration of antibiotics, and death. RESULTS: Sixty VLBW neonates (1000-1499 g) with comparable baseline demographics were randomized within 24 h of admission to two groups. Early total enteral nutrition intervention group (group I, n = 31) achieved the target of full enteral nutrition at median 6 d; IQR: 0 to 7.8 d, a significantly shorter time compared to the controls (n = 29) (median 10 d; IQR: 9 to 11.0 d; p = < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Early total enteral nutrition started from the first day of life results in significantly less time to achieve full feeds in hemodynamically stable preterm and VLBW infants.
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Nutrición Enteral
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Enterocolitis Necrotizante
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Clinical_trials
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Humans
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Newborn
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Indian J Pediatr
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2022
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Article
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India