Comparing the effect of intravenous hyperalimentation and oral nasogastric tube feeding on the growth and develop-ment of premature infants
ZHA Lin
LIU Wei
YUAN Yi
HU Xiaolin
GAO Jinzhi
Abstract：Objective To compare the effects of intravenous nutrition support and oral, nasal feeding on the growth and development of premature infants. Methods From March 2012 to January 2015, 99 cases of neonatal intensive care unit ( NICU) hospitalized preterm infants were enrolled, and they were divided into 2 groups, intravenous high nutrition support for 52 cases (52. 53%) as the study group, nasogastric feeding for 47 cases (47. 47%) as the control group, all children pa-tients were followed up for 1 month, nutritional support of patients in two groups, average body length, head circumference, body mass, complications were recorded. Results Compared with control group, the study group’ s recovery time to birth weight and jaundice subsided and achieve self-sucking duration of breastfeeding were shorter ( t =6. 909, t =5. 163, t =5. 521, P <0. 05), in daily body weight and body length growth change aspects in study group were significantly higher than control group ( t =5. 310, t =4. 842, P <0. 01); two groups of children’ s daily head circumference’ s difference had no statistical significance ( t =0. 415, P >0. 05). For complications, in control group, gastric remnant in 6 cases, abdominal distension in 7 cases, vomiting in 4 cases, the study group without gastrointestinal reaction, 2 groups of patients with no liver and kidney damage and electrolyte disorders, etc. Conclusion Premature infants undergoing intravenous hyperalimentation can improve metabolism and physical development status with low complications.
Keywords：Preterm infantsParenteral nutritionNasogastric feedingGrowth and development
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 832-834 )