title: Anorectal manometry in premature infants.
abstract: Twenty-eight unselected premature infants were subjected to anorectal pressure studies, using an infusion manometric technique, with a view to establishing normal parameters in this age group. Satisfactory rectal and sphincter pressure readings were obtained in all but one case. In all of these there was a normal anorectal reflex. Low birth weight and prematurity do no preclude a normal anorectal reflex as measured by this technique.
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008365:Manometry; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D012007:Rectum / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors