Table 3

Weekly change of aspirated air volume from stomach, frequency of vomiting and apnoea^3-150

		Mean aspirated air volume ml/infant/week				Vomiting times/group/week			Apnoea times/group/week
		23-25 w				Vomiting times/group/week			Apnoea times/group/week			26-28 w		29-33 w
		CTL	BBG			CTL	BBG		CTL	BBG		CTL	BBG	CTL	BBG
Number of cases	8	8		21	19		17	19	46	44	29	29
1st week	24	17		93	79		131	151	10	2	134	226
2nd week	60	48		146^3-151	95^3-151		133	109	41	28	727	467
3rd week	83	70		134	121		131	110	70	28	582	445
4th week	99	92		127	91		130	89	36	19	368	196
Total	267	226		495^3-151	385^3-151		511	435	163	77	1811	1334

↵3-150 CTL means the control group and BBG means the BBG administered group. Frequency of apnoea was compared in the infants of less than 10 days’ IPPV.
↵3-151 P < 0.05.