Fecal calprotectin levels in preterm infants with and without feeding intolerance

Fecal calprotectin levels in preterm infants with and without feeding intolerance.

OBJECTIVES To assess the level of fecal calprotectin in preterm neonates with feeding intolerance, as well as to evaluate it as a marker of feeding intolerance and to determine a cut-off level of fecal calprotectin in feeding intolerance. METHODS Analytical, multicenter, case-control study, which was carried out in neonatal intensive care units in Egypt, in a period from August 1, 2014 to Mar...

Fecal Calprotectin Excretion in Preterm Infants during the Neonatal Period

BACKGROUND Fecal calprotectin has been proposed as a non-invasive marker of intestinal inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease in adults and children. Fecal calprotectin levels have been reported to be much higher in both healthy full-term and preterm infants than in children and adults. OBJECTIVE To determine the time course of fecal calprotectin (f-calprotectin) excretion in preterm infa...

The Effects of Massage on apnea and feeding intolerance Hospitalized Preterm Infants in NICU

Background: Iran is one of the regions with high incidence of premature births, accounting for 10% of newborns. An important factor for the survival chance of the neonate is age. Aim: This study investigated the effect of massage on premature infant’s complications in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Ghaem Hospital in Mashhad. Methods: This study was conducted on 60 stable preterm new...

Relations between feeding intolerance and stress biomarkers in preterm infants.

OBJECTIVES Feeding intolerance (FI) in preterm infants is common but the etiology remains unclear. This study examined FI as a stress-related disease involving brain-gut interactions and tested the model of allostatic load and complications of prematurity. Specific aims were to describe demographic/medical variables and biomarker levels at each time and over time for the sample; describe/compar...

Fecal Elastase-1 Levels in Preterm Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia