Health Condition 1: null- GROWTH OF VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT NEWBORNS
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: CONCENTRATED WHEY PROTEIN POWDER
:
1 gram of CONCENTRATED WHEY PROTEIN POWDER will be added to every 100 ml of expressed breast milk, already fortified with currently available human m
Sponsors
The Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education Research IPGMER
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: a. Babies with birth weight between 800-1500 gram admitted in SSKM NICU during the study period. b. Parents of the babies must give informed consent in writing
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: a. All babies with major congenital anomalies will be excluded. b. Severe gastrointestinal malformations such as Gastroschisis, Omphalocele,Tracheo-Esophageal Fistula or surgical conditions affecting the gastrointestinal tract such as intussusceptions, volvulus, malrotation, meconium ileus etc. or necrotizing enterocolitis . c. Babies being kept NPO for 3 consecutive days or kept at a reduced feeding for 5 days, babies having radiological proven NEC and those babies having bloody stool will be excluded from the study. d. Those babies discharged before their growth could be monitored for at least a period of 14 days will be excluded from this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. weight gain(gram/kg/day) 2. increase in length (cm/week) 3. increase in head circumference (cm/week)Timepoint: at the end of week 1,week 2, week 3 and week 4 of the study | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. pH and base deficit of the blood 2. Serum BUN 3. serum Creatinine 4. incidence of necrotising enterocolitis and feeding intoleranceTimepoint: at the end of week 1,week 2, week 3 and week 4 of the study | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Anshuman Paria
The Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGMER)
Outcome results
None listed