Routine monitoring of gastric residual for prevention of necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Study Protocol
Abstract: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: 1. To assess the efficacy and safety of routine monitoring of gastric residual versus no monitoring of gastric residual on the incidence of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm infants. 2. To assess the efficacy and safety of routine monitoring of gastric residual with two different criteria for interrupting feeds or decreasing feed volume on the incidence of NEC in preterm infants. We will undertake subgroup analysis based on the gestational age (≤ 27 weeks, 28 weeks to 31 weeks, ≥ 32 weeks), birth weight (< 1000 g, 1000 g to 1499 g, ≥ 1500 g), small for gestational age versus appropriate for gestational age infants (classified using birth weight relative to the reference population), type of feeds the infant is receiving (human milk or formula milk), and frequency of monitoring of gastric residual (before every feed, before every third feed, etc) (Subgroup analysis and investigation of heterogeneity).
Language: English
Topic: Infant Nutrition and Health
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4244347231