[Comparative characteristic of functional gastrocerebral disorders in donors and premature infants]

Introduction: Functional gastrocerebral disorders (FGCD) occupy one of the leading places in the structure of diseases of digestive organs in young children. Functional gastrointestinal disorders are accompanied by various combinations of persistent or recurrent gastrointestinal symptoms without structural or biochemical disorders. They can accompany the normal development of the child and depend on organ's disorders on the background of autonomic dysfunction, psycho-emotional and humoral factors. The aim: The aim of the work was to analyze the incidence of functional gastrocerebral abnormalities in premature and full-term children, depending on age and type of feeding.

Materials and methods: 100 children were selected and examined on the basis of the Department of Younger Children of Vinogradiv RH. Children were divided into groups according to the degree of premature birth: the first group - 59 full-term children, the second - 41 premature infants. The analysis and statistical processing of data using Student's parametric criterion were conducted, and the probability of the difference P was determined.

Results: It was found that functional gastrointestinal disorders were significantly more prevalent in preterm infants (t = 2.09; p <0.05), and more often in the form of colic (29.27%). Full-term children were more likely to have constipation (23.73%). In full-term children FGCD was significantly more common in the 3rd and 4th month of age (30.3% and 33.3% respectively), and in preterm ones at 6 months of age (38.71%) (p <0.05).

Conclusions: The type of feeding affects the time and nature of FGCD, regardless of the degree of childhood premature birth.