Barnett 2001 |
Study participants were preterm neonates. |
Cucchiara 1990 |
Cisapride given intravenously in a single dose over 5 minutes. No mention of study being randomised. |
Enriquez 1998 |
Cisapride was administered prophylactically during the introduction of enteral feeding by nasogastric tube to preterm infants of less than 33 weeks gestation at birth. |
Heine 1996 |
The outcomes reported by this study (i.e. drooling) are not relevant to the review. |
McClure 1999 |
The outcomes reported in this study (i.e. half gastric emptying time, whole gastrointestinal transit time) are not relevant to the review. Cisapride was prescribed for clinically diagnosed gastro‐oesophageal reflux or poor feed tolerance in very preterm infants (less than 32 weeks of gestation). |
Pezzati 2001 |
Study participants were preterm neonates less than 34 weeks gestation. Cisapride was administered for feed intolerance by naso‐gastric tube. |
Reddy 2000 |
Preterm neonates less than 34 weeks gestation. Cisapride administered prophylactically during the introduction of enteral feeding. |
Saye 1987 |
All infants and children were suspected of having GOR (only 5 of them had digestive symptoms) and cisapride treatment was given for only 16 hours. |