Slow vs faster rates of enteral feed advancement: Feed intolerance
Slow may leads to higher feed intolerance before hospital discharge compared with faster rates of enteral feed advancement (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Slow vs faster rates of enteral feed advancement Feed intolerance before hospital discharge · very preterm or very low birth weight infants Slow may leads to higher feed intolerance before hospital discharge compared with faster rates of enteral feed advancement (low certainty). Slow advancement of enteral feed volumes to prevent necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.18 | 9 studies · 719 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slow advancement of enteral feed volumes to prevent necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
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