Severity of respiratory disease is correlated with time of first
oral feeding and need for a gastrostomy tube at discharge in premature
infants born at <30 weeks of gestation
Emily Anderson1, Mathew J Gregoski2,
Daniel Gehle3, William Taylor Head3,
K. Thomas Hardy4, Alison Chapman4,
Rita M. Ryan4,5
1Augusta University Medical College of Georgia, AU/UGA
Medical Partnership, Athens, Georgia
2Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical
University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
3Medical University of South Carolina School of
Medicine, Charleston, SC
4Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Medical
University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital, Charleston, SC
5Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Case Western
Reserve University, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH