title: A descriptive study of transient neonatal feeding intolerance in a tertiary care center in Turkey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the characteristic features of transient neonatal feeding intolerance (TNFI) during the hospitalization for birth in the maternity ward.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective follow-up study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Maternity ward and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in an academic medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Term (≥ 37-weeks gestation) infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit with recurrent vomiting and refusal to feed between January and December 2011. These infants were prospectively followed-up at 1, 2, 4, 6 months of age in the outpatient clinic.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the study period 1280 infants were evaluated in the maternity ward. Forty-eight (3.75%) neonates with repeated vomiting and refusal to feed were hospitalized from the maternity unit to the NICU Level I on the first postnatal day for further investigation. All infants started vomiting in the first day (median 5.75 hours; interquartile range: 1-24) and recovered by the 48(th) postnatal hour (median 27.5 hours; interquartile range: 14-48 hours). Laboratory and imaging studies showed no abnormalities. After discharge, 6-month follow-up of these infants showed no vomiting or feeding intolerance during well-child visits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Infants with TNFI can be managed with close observation and supportive measures if they have no other indications of underlying disease. We believe that expectant management and supportive measures under skilled nursing care will prevent unnecessary diagnostic evaluation, mother/infant separation, and prolonged hospital stay.
authors.forename: Mehmet Nevzat
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Cizmeci
authors.forename: Mehmet Kenan
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kanburoglu
authors.forename: Ahmet Zulfikar
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Akelma
authors.forename: Naile
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tufan
authors.forename: Mustafa Mansur
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Tatli
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D019370:Observation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D013997:Time Factors; D014421:Turkey; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: feeding intolerance; newborn; refusal to feed; vomiting in infancy