Enteral feeding in extremely low birth weight infants with a gestational age of <28 weeks versus ≥ 28 weeks.
- Author:
Ying LI
1
;
Fan WU
1
Author Information
1. Department of Neonatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510150, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Birth Weight;
Enteral Nutrition;
Gestational Age;
Humans;
Infant;
Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight;
Infant, Newborn;
Infant, Premature;
Retrospective Studies
- From:
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
2021;23(7):690-695
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the condition of enteral feeding and the incidence of feeding intolerance (FI) in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants with a gestational age (GA) of < 28 weeks versus ≥ 28 weeks.
METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed for the ELBW infants who were admitted to the Department of Neonatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, from January 2018 to January 2020. According to GA, they were divided into two groups:GA < 28 weeks (
RESULTS:Among the 41 infants in the GA < 28 weeks group, 2 (5%) were small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants, while among the 38 infants in the GA ≥ 28 weeks group, 24 (63%) were SGA infants. Compared with the GA ≥ 28 weeks group, the GA < 28 weeks group had significantly longer initial and final time to full enteral feeding (
