Primary Article

Supplemental Oxygen and Gastric pH in Unfed Preterm Infants

Authors: LILY J. WHETSTINE MD, THOMAS C. HULSEY MSPH, ScD, DAVID J. ANNIBALE MD, WILLIAM B. PITTARD MD, Charleston, SC

Abstract

ABSTRACTHypoxia has been associated with decreased gastric acidity in infants and children. In neonates, an inverse relationship between gestational age and gastric acidity may confound this association. To assess the relationship between oxygen supplementation and gastric acidity in premature neonates, mean 24-hour continuous measurements of gastric pH, obtained by an indwelling flexible gastric pH probe, were compared in infants requiring and not requiring oxygen. Patients were

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