A major study has found that babies born between eight to ten weeks early can be fed with milk through a tube in their stomach straight after birth rather than being given intravenous feeds through a drip.
The findings of the FEED1 trial will mean babies won’t have to be subjected to as many painful medical procedures, such as having lines put in their veins to give them nutrition.
The results of the FEED1 trial are published in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. The trial was sponsored by UHDB and coordinated by the Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit at the University of Nottingham. It was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and was supported by Bliss, the UK’s largest charity for babies born premature or sick.
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