Journal article
Erythromycin for feeding intolerance in preterm infants
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Functional immaturity of gastrointestinal motility predisposes preterm infants to feeding intolerance. Motilin, a gastrointestinal peptide, stimulates propagative contractile activity during phase III of the migratory motor complex in the interdigestive state. Erythromycin (EM) is a motilin agonist with prokinetic effect at low doses (1-3mg/kg).
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness of EM in promoting gastrointestinal motility …
Authors
Ng E; Shah VS
Journal
, , No. 2,
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
2001
DOI
10.1002/14651858.cd001815
ISSN
1465-1858