Title: Observation of therapentic effect of small dose oral erythromycin in the treatment of premature infants with feeding intolerance.
Abstract: Objective To observe the clinical therapeutic effect and safety of small dose oral evythromycin in the treatment of premature infants with feeding intolerance. Methods Fifty-six premature infants with feeding intolerance who needed feeding by nasogastric tube hospitalized in our newborn ward were randomly divided into two groups : the treatment growp (n = 28) and the control growp ( n = 28 ). The premature infants in both groups were fed with the same premature infants formula milk by nasogastric tube and received parenteral nutrition. On the basis of above treatment, The premature infants in the treatment gronp were treated with small dose oral erythromycin (3 ~ 5 mg/ kg~(-1)? d~(-1)) . Results The treatment group was superior to the control group in the therapeutic effect and the total effective rate (all P 0. 01 ). Conclusion Small dose oral erythromycin in the treatment of premature infants with feeding intolerance has the advantages of exact therapeutic effect, convenient administration, small dose, short course of treatment,no obvious side effects,and so on, and is worthy of promotion and application in clinics.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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