The Clinical Value of Trophic Feeding in Preterm Infants / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the clinical effects of trophic feeding in preterm infants. Methods 93 preterm infants with asphyxia, prenatal asphyxia or respiratory distress syndrome who could not receive routine feeding were enrolled in this study. These patients were randomly divided into the treatment group and the control group. The hospitalized days, the time of tolerating milk feeding, regaining the birth body weight and discontinuing intravenous infusion were compared between the two groups. Results Compared with the control group, the hospitalized days, the time of tolerating milk feeding, regaining the birth body weight and discontinuing intravenous infusion in the treatment group decreased by 4 76?1 81, 3 22?0 50, 2 71?0 95 and 2 68?1 09 days, respectively(P