The Effect of Enteral Feeding Tubes' Insertion Sites and Preterm Infants' Positions on Aspirated Gastric Residuals.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
Preterm infants born before 37 weeks are not mature enough to coordinate sucking, breathing and swallowing. As they get stronger, they can start to get milk through a tube goes into the stomach through the nose or mouths.Infant body position after feeding has been considered an important factor affecting gastric emptying. Our study aims to assess the effect of enteral feeding tubes' insertion sites and preterm infants' position on feeding tolerance. This quasi-experimental design was conducted in the neonatal intensive care unit at Bilques Central Hospital between May 2016 &January 2017. A convenient sample of 98 simple preterm infants were divided randomly into control and experimental groups. The results of this study revealed that there was a positive relation between age on initiation of minimal enteral feeding and duration to reach full enteral feeding. Number of non-significant aspirated gastric residuals were more in preterm infants in the control group than those in the experimental group with a positive relation between amount of aspirated gastric residuals and gestational age for infants in the experimental group. Hence, assigning preterm infant in the right side position could reduce feeding intolerance regardless of the tube insertion site.
Authors and Affiliations
Nashwa Adel Anter Mossa, Rabab El-Sayed Hassan, Rehab Abd El-Aziz El-Sayed
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