ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2020
Prolonging gavage feeds for reduction of gastroesophageal reflux in infants.
Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Continuous versus bolus intermittent intragastric tube feeding for preterm and low birth weight infants with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Medical and surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux in the neonate.Seminars in perinatology · 2026Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine if prolonging gavage feedings in infants for ≥60 min is associated with decreased gastroesophageal reflux (GER) compared with bolus feeding using multiple-channel intraluminal impedance with pH probe (MII-pH). STUDY
designRetrospective analysis of infants who underwent MII-pH between October 2009 and July 2018 and received gavage feedings. Infants were divided into two groups: bolus (<30 min) or prolonged (≥60 min). Symptoms, number of reflux events and percent time pH < 4 was compared.
resultFifty-eight infants underwent evaluation. Thirty-one (54%) received bolus gavage feedings and 27 (46%) received prolonged feedings. Groups differed in postmenstrual age. Total reflux episodes were significantly lower with prolonged feeding (median 19 vs. 28 episodes, p = 0.015), with no difference in acid exposure time. There was no significant difference in GER symptoms between the two groups.
conclusionProlongation of gavage feedings was associated with decreased total numbers of GER events without reduction in GER symptoms.
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