Risk of necrotising enterocolitis stage ≥ 2 · preterm infants
Summary of findings table ‐ routine monitoring showed no clear difference in risk of necrotising enterocolitis stage ≥ 2 compared with no routine monitoring of gastric residual (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to achieve full enteral feeding (days) · preterm infants
1 finding from 1 review
Days to regain birth weight · preterm infants
1 finding from 1 review
Number of infants with feed interruption episodes (lasting ≥ 12 hours) · preterm infants
Summary of findings table ‐ routine monitoring may leads to higher number of infants with feed interruption episodes (lasting ≥ 12 hours) compared with no routine monitoring of gastric residual (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration (days) of parenteral nutrition · preterm infants
1 finding from 1 review
Risk of invasive Infection · preterm infants
Summary of findings table ‐ routine monitoring probably leads to higher risk of invasive infection compared with no routine monitoring of gastric residual (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Mortality before hospital discharge · preterm infants
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).
1 finding from 1 review
Days to regain birth weight · feed interruption while monitoring gastric residual
1 finding from 1 review
Number of infants with feed interruption episodes (lasting ≥ 12 hours) · feed interruption while monitoring gastric residual
It is very uncertain whether summary of findings table ‐ Quality and volume of gastric residual changes number of infants with feed interruption episodes (lasting ≥ 12 hours) compared with quality of gastric residual alone (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration (days) of parenteral nutrition · feed interruption while monitoring gastric residual
1 finding from 1 review
Risk of invasive Infection · feed interruption while monitoring gastric residual
Summary of findings table ‐ Quality and volume of gastric residual showed no clear difference in risk of invasive Infection compared with quality of gastric residual alone (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Mortality before hospital discharge · feed interruption while monitoring gastric residual
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).
1 finding from 1 review
Risk of necrotising enterocolitis stage ≥ 2 · feed interruption while monitoring gastric residual
Summary of findings table ‐ Quality and volume of gastric residual showed no clear difference in risk of necrotising enterocolitis stage ≥ 2 compared with quality of gastric residual alone (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to achieve full enteral feeding (days) · feed interruption while monitoring gastric residual
1 finding from 1 review