Abdominal Distention. Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen Abdominal Distention
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Infants 32-36 weeks gestational age at birth, birth weight in the range of 1000-2000 g, first and fifth minute Apgar score above 7, the infants who with respiratory distress syndrome that require respiratory assistance, also were not known with revealed congenital disorder and known infection. Infants should be under continuous positive airway pressure ventilation or noninvasive ventilation (Duopap) through the nose with a nasal by prong or mask, under nutrition with breastfeeding or oral gavage. Exclusion criteria: The infants who with congenital malformations like gastroschisis, omphalocele, myelomeningocele, heart abnormalities. if needs to have surgery or mechanical ventilation through an endotracheal tube, detach of continuous positive airway pressure device, re-feeding of infants in less than 120 minutes at the desired positions will be excluded.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Abdominal distention. Timepoint: After ensuring of receiving the milk by oral or gavage and after 15 minutes the measurement of abdominal circumference will start. Also before giving positions to register waist with meter paper that the 1 cm above the navel will be measured, waist to stabilize the situation and the loss due to positions prior to 60 minutes before any positions, with meter Paper will be measured by the researcher. It measures 30, 60, 90, 120 minutes after the position ultimately taken scores of abdominal distention in these two positions, will be compared with each other. Method of measurement: The waist recording will use by the meter paper that be measured 1 cm above the navel. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University