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The Influence of Method, Timing of Onset and Duration of Enteral Feeding on the Duration of Hospitalization of Newborn Infants in a Nigerian Special Care Baby Unit

BACKGROUND: Feeding practices among high-risk newborn babies have not been extensively studied in the resource-constrained parts of the world. AIM: To describe the pattern of milk use among infants in a resource-poor special care baby unit (SCBU) and relate these to the outcome of hospitalization. S...

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Autores principales: Ogunlesi, TA, Ogunfowora, OB
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27057377
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.177991
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description BACKGROUND: Feeding practices among high-risk newborn babies have not been extensively studied in the resource-constrained parts of the world. AIM: To describe the pattern of milk use among infants in a resource-poor special care baby unit (SCBU) and relate these to the outcome of hospitalization. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Setting – SCBU of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu. Design – Prospective study of consecutively admitted inborn babies within the first 24 h of life. The data analyzed included the weight and estimated gestational age (EGA) of the babies, the age at the onset of and duration of feeds (breast milk and artificial milk [AM]). RESULTS: Out of the 118 infants studied, (78.8%) 93/118 received breast milk and 16.1% (19/118) received AM. The mean age at the commencement of enteral feeding was 3.9 days. The age at the onset of suckling was negatively correlated with the EGA and body weight. The age at the onset and duration of enteral feeding were directly related to the duration of admission. CONCLUSION: More than three-quarter of the infants hospitalized in the unit received breast milk, but commencement was mostly delayed beyond the 3(rd) day of life. The duration of admission may be related to the timing of onset and duration of milk use.
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spelling pubmed-48046502016-04-07 The Influence of Method, Timing of Onset and Duration of Enteral Feeding on the Duration of Hospitalization of Newborn Infants in a Nigerian Special Care Baby Unit Ogunlesi, TA Ogunfowora, OB Ann Med Health Sci Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Feeding practices among high-risk newborn babies have not been extensively studied in the resource-constrained parts of the world. AIM: To describe the pattern of milk use among infants in a resource-poor special care baby unit (SCBU) and relate these to the outcome of hospitalization. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Setting – SCBU of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu. Design – Prospective study of consecutively admitted inborn babies within the first 24 h of life. The data analyzed included the weight and estimated gestational age (EGA) of the babies, the age at the onset of and duration of feeds (breast milk and artificial milk [AM]). RESULTS: Out of the 118 infants studied, (78.8%) 93/118 received breast milk and 16.1% (19/118) received AM. The mean age at the commencement of enteral feeding was 3.9 days. The age at the onset of suckling was negatively correlated with the EGA and body weight. The age at the onset and duration of enteral feeding were directly related to the duration of admission. CONCLUSION: More than three-quarter of the infants hospitalized in the unit received breast milk, but commencement was mostly delayed beyond the 3(rd) day of life. The duration of admission may be related to the timing of onset and duration of milk use. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4804650/ /pubmed/27057377 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.177991 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full The Influence of Method, Timing of Onset and Duration of Enteral Feeding on the Duration of Hospitalization of Newborn Infants in a Nigerian Special Care Baby Unit
title_fullStr The Influence of Method, Timing of Onset and Duration of Enteral Feeding on the Duration of Hospitalization of Newborn Infants in a Nigerian Special Care Baby Unit
title_full_unstemmed The Influence of Method, Timing of Onset and Duration of Enteral Feeding on the Duration of Hospitalization of Newborn Infants in a Nigerian Special Care Baby Unit
title_short The Influence of Method, Timing of Onset and Duration of Enteral Feeding on the Duration of Hospitalization of Newborn Infants in a Nigerian Special Care Baby Unit
title_sort influence of method, timing of onset and duration of enteral feeding on the duration of hospitalization of newborn infants in a nigerian special care baby unit
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804650/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.177991
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