Rania Ibrahim Salem

Randomized, controlled trial of oral erythromycin for treatment of feeding intolerance in preterm infants / تجربة عشوائية مضبوطة لعقار الاريثرومايسين فى علاج صعوبات التغذية لدى الاطفال ناقصى النمو Rania Ibrahim Salem ; Supervised Nabil Abdelaziz Mohsen , Zahraa Mohamed Ezz Eldin , Yasmeen Amr Mansi - Cairo : Rania Ibrahim Salem , 2009 - 182 P. : facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics

Feeding intolerance is a major nutritional problem in preterm infants; hence several trials were done to evaluate the efficacy of prokinetic use. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of high oral dose of erythromycin to treat feeding intolerance in preterm infants. This study was a prospective, randomized trial on 60 premature neonates suffering from feeding intolerance



EM= erythromycin FI=feeding intolerone NEC=necrotizing enterocolits