What do systematic reviews say?

Summary of findings table ‐ Re‐feeding vs discarding gastric residuals

Summary of findings table ‐ Re‐feeding showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality before hospital discharge compared with discarding gastric residuals (low certainty).

• Re‐feeding versus discarding gastric residuals to improve growth in preterm infants 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.5 [0.14, 1.85]
  1 study · 72 participants
  Low

Summary of findings table ‐ routine monitoring vs no routine monitoring of gastric residual

Summary of findings table ‐ routine monitoring showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality before hospital discharge compared with no routine monitoring of gastric residual (low certainty).

• Routine monitoring of gastric residual for prevention of necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 2.14 [0.77, 5.97]
  3 studies · 273 participants
  Low

Summary of findings table ‐ Quality and volume of gastric residual vs quality of gastric residual alone

Summary of findings table ‐ Quality and volume of gastric residual showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality before hospital discharge compared with quality of gastric residual alone (low certainty).

• Routine monitoring of gastric residual for prevention of necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 3.21 [0.13, 76.67]
  1 study · 87 participants
  Low

Summary of findings table ‐ Early amino acids vs Late amino acids

• Early versus late administration of amino acids in preterm infants receiving parenteral nutrition 2024 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  0 studies · 0 participants
  GRADE not reported