July 4, 201114 yr We´re revising our instructions on nutrition and one thing came up: Do you let your newly extubated patients eat or do you let them wait a certain time to prevent aspiration?
July 6, 201114 yr I am a bit "off-pist" from the level-3 NICU at Karolinska-Solna right now, but if I recall this correctly: feeding starts 2 or 4 hours post-extub. Personally, I feel this is more a matter of seeing that the baby is breathing stable enough for staying on nCPAP.
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