Comparison Early Outcomes Intermittent Gavage in Preterm Infants : A Randomized Clinical Trial

Abstract

Abstract: Prematurity is one of the most important problems of recent years, and the number of premature infants is increasing every year. Babies who are born prematurely due to defects in the coordination of swallowing, sucking and breathing require mouth tube or nasogastric intubation feeding. Because bolus gavage feeding is more appropriate physiologically and improves the secretion of gastric hormones is more common in neonatal intensive care units. The present study has been performed to compare the early outcomes of two intermittent boluses gavages in 97prematureinfants between 28 to 34 weeks of pregnancy require gavage feeding. The primary objective of the study is a comparison of two alternate gavage ways with force gravity and injection with syringe in premature infants and find existence difference and compared with the results of researches have been performed yet. Results showed that both alternate gravity and injection(push) ways, complications of gavage (vomiting, aspiration, abdominal distention and necrotizing enterocolitis) had not been seen. Therefore, both methods can be used to feed premature infants. Overall, in comparing of both push and gravity methods, there were no significant differences in the remaining volume.