ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2019
Gastrostomy Tube Feeding in Extremely Low Birthweight Infants: Frequency, Associated Comorbidities, and Long-term Outcomes.
Article in The Journal of pediatrics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00063063 (Generic Database), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers.
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Generic Database: A Survey of Morbidity and Mortality in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Incidence and factors associated with dysphagia in infants born very preterm or very low birth weight.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
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- Feeding Therapy and its Relationship to Timing of Independent Oral Feeding for Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Feeding outcomes of preterm infants discharged with feeding tubes.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation in established bronchopulmonary dysplasia.Seminars in perinatology · 2025Review
- Demographic and clinical predictors and inter-center variability of tube feeding in preterm NICU patients.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Method of home tube feeding and 2-3-year neurodevelopmental outcome.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Article
- Birth-related, medical, and diagnostic characteristics in younger versus older children with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Feeding and developmental outcomes after neonatal seizures-A prospective observational study.Annals of the Child Neurology Society · 2023Article
- Enteral tube feeding selection at NICU discharge and resource utilization.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2023Article
- Factors That Impact the Timing and Removal of Gastrostomy Placement/Nissen Fundoplication in Children with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.American journal of perinatology · 2023Article
- Morbidity and mortality in neonates with Down Syndrome based on gestational age.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2023Article
- Pharyngeal biorhythms during oral milk challenge in high-risk infants: Do they predict chronic tube feeding?Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2023Article
- Use of non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation: neurodevelopmental and sensory follow-up.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Risk Factors for Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Very Low Birth Weight Infants in Their Second Year of Life.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Nutrition of Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia before and after Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Congenital heart defects and copy number variants associated with neurodevelopmental impairment.American journal of medical genetics. Part A · 2022Article
- Feeding Problems and Long-Term Outcomes in Preterm Infants-A Systematic Approach to Evaluation and Management.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Then, Now, and Next.Pediatric allergy, immunology, and pulmonology · 2020Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the frequency of gastrostomy tube (GT) placement in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants, associated comorbidities, and long-term outcomes. STUDY
designAnalysis of ELBW infants from 25 centers enrolled in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network's Generic Database and Follow-up Registry from 2006 to 2012. Frequency of GT placement before 18-22 months, demographic and medical factors associated with GT placement, and associated long-term outcomes at 18-22 months of corrected age were described. Associations between GT placement and neonatal morbidities and long-term outcomes were assessed with logistic regression after adjustment for center and common co-variables.
resultsOf the 4549 ELBW infants included in these analyses, 333 (7.3%) underwent GT placement; 76% had the GT placed postdischarge. Of infants with GTs, 11% had birth weights small for gestational age, 77% had bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and 29% severe intraventricular hemorrhage or periventricular leukomalacia. At follow-up, 56% of infants with a GT had weight <10th percentile, 61% had neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI), and 55% had chronic breathing problems. After adjustment, small for gestational age, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, intraventricular hemorrhage/periventricular leukomalacia, poor growth, and NDI were associated with GT placement. Thirty-two percent of infants with GTs placed were taking full oral feeds at follow-up.
conclusionsGT placement is common in ELBW infants, particularly among those with severe neonatal morbidities. GT placement in this population was associated with poor growth, NDI, and chronic respiratory and feeding problems at follow-up. The frequency of GT placement postneonatal discharge indicates the need for close nutritional follow-up of ELBW infants.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00063063.
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