Impact of Gastrostomy Tube Placement on Short-Term Weight Gain in Hospitalized Premature Infants.

CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of G-tube placement has increased. G-tube use in infants was not associated with improved short-term daily weight gain. PMID: 30908714 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: JPEN Journal Of Parenteral And Enteral Nutrition - March 24, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: Puia-Dumitrescu M, Benjamin DK, Smith PB, Greenberg RG, Abuzaid N, Andrews W, Chellani K, Gupta A, Price D, Williams C, Malcolm WF, Clark RH, Zimmerman KO Tags: JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr Source Type: research