Progress on advantages and disadvantages of enteral feeding patterns in the very preterm infants / 国际儿科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Enteral feeding is very important to the gastrointestinal tract maturity,growth and the development of the nervous system.However,on account of the physiological distinctiveness of the very preterm infants,it may be difficult to give oral feeding directly at an early stage.Therefore,nasogastric and duodenal tubes are always needed to proceed continuous or intermittent enteral feeding,while different ways have different feature.At the present,there is no definite conclusion about which way is the best one for this kind of infants.Larger sample and uniform multi-center study will be necessary.