Early discharge with home support of gavage feeding for stable preterm infants who have not established full oral feeds
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Early discharge with home support of gavage feeding for stable preterm infants who have not established full oral feeds.
BACKGROUND Early discharge of stable preterm infants still requiring gavage feeds offers the benefits of uniting families sooner and reducing healthcare and family costs compared with discharge home when on full sucking feeds. Potential disadvantages of early discharge include increased care burden for the family and risk of complications related to gavage feeding. OBJECTIVES To determine the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003743.pub2