ReviewAnnals of medicine2025
Gastrointestinal emergencies and monitoring in preterm infants: a review.
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- Early full or near-full enteral feeding in clinically stable preterm infants across healthcare settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Hypoxic-ischemic enterocolitis in extremely low birth weight infants: diagnostic insights from a pilot study.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Deep learning-based detection of bowel sound events in continuous recordings.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundGastrointestinal emergencies are some of the severe complications in preterm infants, often resulting in fatal patient outcomes due to unintended delays in making precise diagnoses and initiating timely treatment. These delays arise from the non-specificity of observed gastrointestinal events, as well as the shortcomings of the existing monitoring methods used clinically. Therefore, effectively gastrointestinal monitoring should be emphasized to facilitate early detection and prevention of gastrointestinal diseases in preterm infants.
methodsWe collected relevant studies by searching literature published on PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar up to December 2024.
resultsWe found that various non-traditional tools have been developed, including automated bowel sound, near-infrared spectroscopy, electrogastrography, intra-abdominal pressure monitoring, fecal microbiome monitoring, fecal biomarkers monitoring, high-frequency heart rate variability. These monitoring methods may provide clues for the early warning of gastrointestinal emergencies, and future research focused on early warnings to improve prognosis of preterm infants is worth conducting.
conclusionsThis review discusses common gastrointestinal events in preterm infants, the current state of gastrointestinal emergencies (necrotizing enterocolitis, digestive tract obstruction or narrowing, and gastrointestinal bleeding), and focuses on the progress and prospects of gastrointestinal monitoring in preterm infants. It could potentially make a positive contribution to preterm infants outcomes and quality of life, particularly in addressing areas where current literature still lacks consensus or detailed analysis.
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