Safety and Parental Satisfaction With Early Discharge of Preterm Infants on Nasogastric Tube Feeding and Outpatient Clinic Follow-Up

Aim: To evaluate our early discharge program of preterm infants with nasogastric tube feeding (NTF) and close outpatient clinic follow-up with regard to safety, parent satisfaction and parental stress level.Methods: 119 preterm infants were discharged on NTF from our tertiary care neonatal unit (med...

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Main Authors: Rahel Schuler, Harald Ehrhardt, Walter A. Mihatsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2020.00505/full