Journal article
Erythromycin for the prevention and treatment of feeding intolerance in preterm infants
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Functional immaturity of gastrointestinal motility predisposes preterm infants to feeding intolerance. Erythromycin is a motilin agonist that exerts its prokinetic effect by stimulating propagative contractile activity in the interdigestive phase.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy of erythromycin in the prevention and treatment of feeding intolerance in preterm infants.
Authors
Ng E; Shah VS
Journal
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, , No. 3,
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
10.1002/14651858.cd001815.pub2
ISSN
1361-6137