ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2023
Enteral tube feeding selection at NICU discharge and resource utilization.
Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A clinical consensus guideline for nutrition in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia from birth through discharge.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Guideline
- Clinician insights into pediatric temporary feeding tube management: Unseen barriers, unclear roles revealed from a prospective mixed methods study.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2026Article
- One-year outcomes of infants discharged with a nasogastric feeding tube.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- Feeding outcomes of preterm infants discharged with feeding tubes.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Comparison of Infants Discharged from Birth Hospitalization with Gastrostomy versus Nasogastric Feeding Tube.American journal of perinatology · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate resource utilization in infants discharged with different forms of feeding access. STUDY
designRetrospective chart review of neonates discharged from 2012 to 2018. Data were collected from the medical record and relevant outcomes were compared.
results300 patients were sampled. 196 (65%) were discharged on NG feeds, 95 (32%) via GT, and 9 gastrojejunal (GJ 3%). NG-fed infants discharged sooner (mean DOL: NG = 85.4 vs GT = 122.8, p < 0.001). More GT/GJ patients required emergency department (ED) visits for tube complications (GT = 61 vs GJ = 7 vs NG = 42, p < 0.001) and more frequently (mean visits: GT = 1.63 ± 2.33 vs GJ = 4.22 ± 4.44 vs NG = 0.48 ± 1.40, p < 0.001). However, 44 (24%) of the patients discharged on NG later had a GT placed.
conclusionsMany patients discharged from the NICU can be supported with NG feeds. This may shorten hospital stays and decrease ED visits but select patients will later merit surgical tube placement.
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