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Measurement of small-intestinal motor activity in the preterm infant
W M Bisset1, J B Watt, R P Rivers
1Department of Child Health, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
|April 1, 1988
Abstract:
The development of motor activity within the small intestine of preterm human infants is very poorly understood. Using a miniaturized multilumen continuous perfusion manometric technique the motor activity of the small intestine was followed longitudinally in a group of preterm infants. The system performed well at very low perfusion rates and clearly showed increases in both the magnitude and organization of motor activity with increasing gestational age.