The Effect of Day-Night Cycle on the Transition Time to Full Enteral Feeding in Preterm Newborns Receiving Oropharyngeal Colostrum

Launched by BIRUNI UNIVERSITY · Mar 17, 2025

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This study was conducted to determine the effect of day-night cycle on the transition of premature newborns receiving oropharyngeal colostrum to full enteral nutrition. The data of the study, which was conducted in a randomized controlled experimental research design between May and December 2022, were collected in the Neonatology Clinic of a university-affiliated training and research hospital in Istanbul after ethical permissions were obtained. The Neonatology Clinic is a level three Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and has the capacity to provide specialized care for premature infants...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Those born between 28-32 weeks of gestation.
• • Infants of parents who agreed to participate in the study.
• • Major congenital anomaly, severe systemic disease, necrotizing enterocolitis presence, presence of suspected or confirmed sepsis, birth asphyxia (cord pH / 29 Newborns without arterial pH \<7.0).
• • Neonates admitted to the NICU at ≤ 24 hours of age.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • babies excluded from the inclusion criteria for this study