| A Randomized Control Trial Comparing Two Enteral Feeding Volumes in Very Low Birth Weight Babies. | |
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PMID: 21320855 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Poor post-natal growth of preterm neonates is common and fortification is recommended. However, this is not always practical in low-resource areas. Hypothesizing that increasing the volume of feeds would be safe and lead to better post-natal weight gain, we randomized 64 babies with birth weight <1500 g, once they reached full feeds, to continue feeds at 200 ml/kg/day (standard volume) or increase to 300 ml/kg/day (high volume) of expressed breast milk. There was a significantly higher daily weight gain in the high-volume group as compared to the standard volume group (24.9 vs. 18.7 g/kg/day, p < 0.0001). There were no differences in complications like feed intolerance, tachypnoea, sepsis, patent ductus arteriosus or necrotizing enterocolitis. High-volume feeds at 300 ml/kg/day was safe and resulted in better weight gain than standard volume feeds in very low birth weight babies. |
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Niranjan Thomas; Anish Cherian; Sridhar Santhanam; Atanu Kumar Jana |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-2-11 |
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Title: Journal of tropical pediatrics Volume: - ISSN: 1465-3664 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-2-15 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8010948 Medline TA: J Trop Pediatr Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Neonatology Unit, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore 632004, India. |
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