Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Positioning and Gastric Aspiration in Ventilated Premature Infants
Brief Summary: Gastro-esophageal reflux and aspiration is a common problem in premature infants receiving mechanical ventilation. Pepsin measured in tracheal aspirate (TA) emerged as a specific marker for aspiration. The objective of this study is to examine if TA pepsin will change when ventilated premature infants are positioned in two different positions; on their back vs. on their right side.