6 | CONCLUSION
Gastric emptying rates are not different in infants receiving MD-nCPAP
vs bCPAP and are faster during the “early” compared to “late” phase
after feeding. The measured gastric emptying rates in all the infants
appeared clinically adequate, since they all tolerated feeding. The
identification of large gastric residuals by US in these stable preterm
infants suggests that traditional gastric aspiration may overstate the
occurrence of feeding intolerance. Nevertheless, feeding intolerance is
common in VLBW infants, so larger US studies comparing modes of
non-invasive and invasive ventilatory support are needed.