Influence of continuous feeding on preterm infants with feeding intolerance

Abstract

Objective To assess the curative effect of continuous feeding on preterm infants with feeding intolerance. Methods Sixty preterm infants with feeding intolerance in hospital who used the same other treatment method were readomly divided into treatment group and control group,every group had 30 cases.The infants in treatment group toke continuous feeding and the infants in control group toke intermittent feeding with preterm milk by mouth. Results The preterm infants in treatment group had significantly lesser clinical symptoms, increase more milk per day, lesser residual milk and more body mass than that in the control group(P<0.01). Conclusions Continuous feeding on preterm infants with feeding intolerance can improve the success rate of enteral feeding to avoid the drawbacks of total parenteral nutrition,it is safe and practical. Key words: Preterm ; Feeding intolerance ; Continuous feeding ;