A premature baby born at 33 wks of gestation with a birth weight of 1500 gm has stable vitals. Which of the following you will choose as initial feeding method of choice:
- Intravenous fluids
- Intravenous fluids and oral feeding
- Orogastric tube/ alternate oral route
- Total parenteral nutrition
Explanation:
The mode of initial feeding depends upon the gestational maturity and hemodynamic stability of the baby.
– Infants with severe birth asphyxia respiratory distress, apneic attack, sezures, sepsis, NEC, shock babies should be maintained on intravenous infusion till their clinical condition stabilizes.
