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Efficacy and safety of mucous fistula refeeding in preterm infants: an exploratory randomized controlled trial
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- Issue Date
- 2023-03-29
- Publisher
- BMC
- Citation
- BMC Pediatrics, 23(1):137
- Keywords
- Necrotizing enterocolitis ; Enterostomy ; Citrulline ; Short bowel syndrome ; Randomized controlled trial ; Preterm infants ; Mucous fistula refeeding
- Abstract
- Background
This study aimed to evaluate whether mucous fistula refeeding (MFR) is safe and beneficial for the growth and intestinal adaptation of preterm infants with enterostomies.
Methods
This exploratory randomized controlled trial enrolled infants born before 35weeks gestation with enterostomy. If the stomal output was ≥ 40mL/kg/day, infants were assigned to the high-output MFR group and received MFR. If the stoma output was < 40mL/kg/day, infants were randomized to the normal-output MFR group or the control group. Growth, serum citrulline levels, and bowel diameter in loopograms were compared. The safety of MFR was evaluated.
Results
Twenty infants were included. The growth rate increased considerably, and the colon diameter was significantly larger after MFR. However, the citrulline levels did not significantly differ between the normal-output MFR and the control group. One case of bowel perforation occurred during the manual reduction for stoma prolapse. Although the association with MFR was unclear, two cases of culture-proven sepsis during MFR were noted.
Conclusions
MFR benefits the growth and intestinal adaptation of preterm infants with enterostomy and can be safely implemented with a standardized protocol. However, infectious complications need to be investigated further.
Trial registration
clinicaltrials.gov NCT02812095, retrospectively registered on June 6, 2016.
- ISSN
- 1471-2431
- Language
- English
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