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PEDIATRICS Vol. 103 No. 2 February 1999, pp. 434-439

Feeding Strategies for Premature Infants: Randomized Trial of Gastrointestinal Priming and Tube-feeding Method

Received May 7, 1998; accepted Jul 8, 1998.

Richard J. Schanler*, Dagger , Robert J. Shulman*, §, Chantal Lau§, E. O'Brian Smith*, and Margaret M. Heitkemperparallel

From the * US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS) Children's Nutrition Research Center, and Sections of Dagger  Neonatology and § Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and the parallel  Department of Biobehavioral Nursing, the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Background  Data on enteral feeding management of premature infants are limited and often not the subject of randomized clinical trials. Several small studies suggest benefits from the early initiation of feeding, but do not assess the combined effects of time of initiation of feeding, tube-feeding method, and type of milk used. Either singly or in combination, these treatments may affect growth, bone mineralization, biochemical measures of nutritional status, and feeding tolerance, and, ultimately, the duration of hospitalization.

Methods.  A total of 171 premature infants, stratified by gestational age (26 to 30 weeks) and diet (human milk or preterm formula) were assigned randomly among four treatment combinations in a balanced two-way design comparing the presence or absence of gastrointestinal (GI) priming for 10 days and continuous infusion versus intermittent bolus tube-feeding.

Results.  The major outcome, time required for infants to attain full oral feeding, was similar among treatments. GI priming was not associated with any measured adverse effect and was associated with better calcium and phosphorus retention, higher serum calcium and alkaline phosphatase activity, and shorter intestinal transit times. The bolus tube-feeding method was associated with significantly less feeding intolerance and greater rate of weight gain than the continuous method. In addition, the greater the quantity of human milk fed, the lower the morbidity.

Conclusions.  Early GI priming with human milk, using the bolus tube-feeding method, may provide the best advantage for the premature infant.  Key words:  enteral feeding, tube-feeding, feeding methods, premature infants, GI priming.




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