Survey of Cisapride Usage in Preterm Infants in Uk & Ireland
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Cisapride decreases gastroesophageal reflux in preterm infants.
OBJECTIVE Gastrointestinal prokinetic agents, such as cisapride, are commonly used in pediatric practice to improve gastric emptying, to decrease emesis, to improve lower esophageal sphincter tone, and to improve irritability and feeding aversion associated with gastroesophageal reflux (GER). Although cisapride seems to be effective in infants from 2 months to 14 years old, data for younger and...
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Aim—To determine the eVect of cisapride on gastrointestinal motility in preterm infants. Methods—Cisapride (0.2 mg/kg, 8 hourly ) or placebo was given first for seven days in a double blind randomised crossover study of 10 preterm infants. Gastrointestinal motility was assessed on day 3 of each treatment. The half gastric emptying time (GET1⁄2) was determined by using ultrasonography to measure...
متن کاملRandomised controlled trial of cisapride in preterm infants.
AIM To determine the effect of cisapride on gastrointestinal motility in preterm infants. METHODS Cisapride (0.2 mg/kg, 8 hourly ) or placebo was given first for seven days in a double blind randomised crossover study of 10 preterm infants. Gastrointestinal motility was assessed on day 3 of each treatment. The half gastric emptying time (GET1/2) was determined by using ultrasonography to meas...
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AIM To assess the efficacy of cisapride in reducing the time required to establish enteral feeds in preterm infants. METHODS A randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial was conducted of 34 infants of < or = 32 weeks of gestation, assigned to receive either cisapride 0.2 mg/kg/dose four times daily (n = 18) or placebo (n = 16). RESULTS The time taken by the babies to tolerate full e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199809000-00071