2014, Number 4
Relation between enteral, parenteral or mixed nutrition support and the nutritional evolution in premature newborns in the intensive care unit
Jiménez-Uribe AG, López-Sandoval JJ, González-Gutiérrez M, Pérez-De la Torre LM, Sánchez-Vergara A, Aréchiga-Andrade MC, Alcalá-Padilla MG
Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 225-228
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ABSTRACT
Introduction. Premature newborn's early nutrition such as parenteral, enteral or mixed nutrition (enteral + parenteral), manages to cover the nutritional need and obtain the final objective of optimal growth and development during the hospitalization having an effect on their quality of life.Objetive. To find out the relation between the type of enteral, parenteral or mixed nutrition and premature newborn's nutritional evolution in the Civil Hospital of Guadalajara Fray Antonio Alcalde Intensive Care Unit. From August 2013 to January 2014.
Material y Methods. The study was done in the unit of neonatal intensive care unit in the Civil Hospital of Guadalajara. 58 premature newborns that were admitted in said unit received enteral, parenteral or mixed (enteral + parenteral) nutrition. The variables considered were: gender, gestational age, weight at admittance and discharge, size at admittance and growth speed. A database in SPSS 14 was done. The variables were analyzed through percentage method. As exclusion methods, were considered the decease or prematures without completing the measuring tool.
Results. Predominatly males (51.7%), and born by c-section (58.6%), the frequency of patients receiving enteral nutrition was 37.9% and 53.5 received mixed nutritional support, the difference between birth weight with GEG decreased 3.4% at discharge weight, AEG increased in 0.9% at discharge, PEG increased 2.5% at discharge, the reason of discharge was improvement in 75.9%.
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