Intermittent Multifunctional Nutrition Tube in Cerebral Palsy and Dysphagia
This was a randomized controlled study including 80 infants with cerebral palsy and dysphagia. The Participants were evenly divided into the observation group (with intermittent oro-esophageal tube feeding, n=40) and the control group (with persistent nasogastric tube feeding , n=40). Nutritional status and physical development, condition of dysphagia, and pneumonia before and after 3-month treatment were compared.
- EligibilityCriteria: Inclusion Criteria:  meeting the diagnostic criteria of cerebral palsy formulated by the 13th National Conference on Pediatric Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation; age<1 year; diagnosed as dysphagia confirmed by Dysphagia Disorder Survey or pediatric esophagoscopy; with a nasogastric tube inserted at admission; enteral nutrition support is required and feasible.  Exclusion Criteria:  with dysphagia caused by other diseases or factors; with progressive neurological disease or degenerative neurological disease; with severe heart disease, liver or kidney dysfunction, hematological disorders, or other acute and severe symptoms; with abnormalities in the oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, or other parts of the digestive tract; with poor compliance. - HealthyVolunteers: No - Gender: All - MinimumAge: 6 Months - MaximumAge: 12 Months - StdAgeList: Child