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- Published on: 26 February 2002
- Published on: 11 December 2001
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- Published on: 26 February 2002Doppler measurement of superior mesenteric artery blood flow velocity and feeding tolerance.Show More
Dear Editor
I read with great interest the article of Fang et al, who investigated the relationship between mesenteric response to feeding and feeding tolerance in preterm infants [1]. In a comparable population, we reported that the significant increase in velocity in the superior mesenteric artery after a first feed given during the first week of life was not influenced by perinatal acute asphyxia, gesta...
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None declared. - Published on: 11 December 2001Re: Reply to Early tolerance to enteral feeding in SGA preterm infantsShow More
Dear Editor,
We thank Drs Pezzati et al for their interest in our paper. We agree that there are many different factors, which will affect the mesenteric blood flow response to feeding.
We stated that “the study did not set out to compare the response of SGA and AGA infants to enteral feeds” because of the following:
1. The study was not powered to detect differences between SGA and...Conflict of Interest:
None declared. - Published on: 22 October 2001Early tolerance to enteral feeding in SGA preterm infantsShow More
Dear Editor,
We read with interest the study on the prediction of early tolerance to enteral feeding in preterm infants reported by Fang et al.[1]. We believe that this is a very important report for its clinical implications. We do, however have several questions. The Authors did not find "difference in superior mesenteric artery (SMA) blood flow velocity and in the response to enteral feeds between SGA and AGA inf...
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None declared. - Published on: 18 September 2001Mesenteric flow,sepsis,and feed intolerance in high-risk neonatesDear Editor,Show More
We read the recent article by Fang et al on prediction of early tolerance to enteral feeds in neonates by measuring superior mesenteric artery (SMA) blood flow velocity. [1] Almost half of the neonates with poor vasomotor response to feeding developed feed intolerance, and subsequently sepsis. There was no significant difference in the mean preprandial SMA velocity between neonates who did and those who did...
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