Table 2.
Nutritional data and gastric content assessment.
| Characteristics or measurement (N = 64) | N (%) or median (25–75 IQR) |
|---|---|
| Enteral feeding type | |
| Breast milk (or expressed milk) | 18 (28.1%) |
| Infant feed formula | 20 (31.2%) |
| Child feed formula | 26 (40.6%) |
| Thickened formula | 4 (6.2%) |
| Enteral feeding duration (days) | 9.0 (6.0–14.5) |
| Continuous feeding | 62 (96.9%) |
| Gastric tube size | |
| 6 Fr (2 mm) | 8 (12.5%) |
| 8 Fr (2.7 mm) | 39 (60.9%) |
| 10 Fr (3.3 mm) | 11 (17.2%) |
| 12 Fr (4 mm) | 5 (7.8%) |
| 14 FR (4.7 mm) | 1 (1.6%) |
| Gastric tube material | |
| Silicon | 50 (78.1%) |
| Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) | 14 (21.9%) |
| Gastric residual volume (ml) | 10 (4.5–26.0) |
| Gastric residual volume (ml/kg) | 1.34 (0.79–2.85) |
| Feeding intolerance | |
| None | 43 (67.2%) |
| Vomiting | 21 (32.8%) |