NICU infants who require a feeding gastrostomy for discharge
NICU infants who require a feeding gastrostomy for discharge
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.07.018
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发表时间:
2021-02-24
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Ryan, Rita M.
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作者:
Chapman, Alison;George, Katherine;Ryan, Rita M.
Objective: To determine population data for infants receiving a gastrostomy tube (GT) in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to better understand the premature infant population at risk for GT prior to discharge.Study design: We identified all NICU infants born 2015-2016 who received a GT and determined the birth gestational age below which GTs were placed due to oral feeding failure secondary to prematurity-related comorbidities, rather than anomalies or other reasons. Aggregate data were used to compare infants born 32 weeks gestation; a cut-off of