ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2021
Actual and Potential Impact of a Home Nasogastric Tube Feeding Program for Infants Whose Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge Is Affected by Delayed Oral Feedings.
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- Machine learning risk stratification for high-risk infant follow-up of term and late preterm infants.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- "It's just us": Families' experiences with temporary tube feeding.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2026Article
- Feeding outcomes of preterm infants discharged with feeding tubes.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- "Ringleader who has no power": a qualitative study of parent uncertainty during a NICU admission unrelated to prematurity.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2025Article
- Comparison of Infants Discharged from Birth Hospitalization with Gastrostomy versus Nasogastric Feeding Tube.American journal of perinatology · 2025Article
- Variation in NICU utilization: a narrative review and path forward.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 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
- Cost Analysis of Avoiding Gastrostomy Tube in Robin Sequence Neonates that Undergo Mandibular Distraction.The Laryngoscope · 2025Article
- Home nasogastric tube program for NICU infants: a seven year retrospective outcome analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Impact of systematic screening for social determinants of health in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit.Research square · 2024Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life for Parents of Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.The Journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Remote monitoring for neonates requiring continued nasogastric tube feeding: implementation, patient characteristics, and early outcomes.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2023Article
- Enteral tube feeding selection at NICU discharge and resource utilization.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2023Article
- Impact of Extubation Time on Feeding Outcomes after Neonatal Cardiac Surgery: A Single-Center Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Uncertainty and perinatal post-traumatic stress disorder in the neonatal intensive care unit.Research in nursing & health · 2022Article
- Parent Health-Related Quality of Life for Infants with Congenital Anomalies Receiving Neonatal Intensive Care.The Journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Redesigning care to support earlier discharge from a neonatal intensive care unit: a design thinking informed pilot.BMJ open quality · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare healthcare use and parent health-related quality of life (HRQL) in 3 groups of infants whose neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) discharge was delayed by oral feedings. STUDY
designThis was a prospective, single-center cohort of infants in the NICU from September 2018 to March 2020. After enrollment, weekly chart review determined eligibility for home nasogastric (NG) feeds based on predetermined criteria. Actual discharge feeding decisions were at clinical discretion. At 3 months' postdischarge, we compared acute healthcare use and parental HRQL, measured by the PedsQL Family Impact Module, among infants who were NG eligible but discharged with all oral feeds, discharged with NG feeds, and discharged with gastrostomy (G) tubes. We calculated NICU days saved by home NG discharges.
resultsAmong 180 infants, 80 were orally fed, 35 used NG, and 65 used G tubes. Compared with infants who had NG-tube feedings, infants who had G-tube feedings had more gastrointestinal or tube-related readmissions and emergency encounters (unadjusted OR 3.97, 95% CI 1.3-12.7, P = .02), and orally-fed infants showed no difference in use (unadjusted OR 0.41, 95% CI 0.1-1.7, P = .225). Multivariable adjustment did not change these comparisons. Parent HRQL at 3 months did not differ between groups. Infants discharged home with NG tubes saved 1574 NICU days.
conclusionsNICU discharge with NG feeds is associated with reduced NICU stay without increased postdischarge healthcare use or decreased parent HRQL, whereas G-tube feeding was associated with increased postdischarge healthcare use.
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