Hi Sue,
Your request reminded me of an incident I had as a new graduate.
A very mucousy baby hadn't fed for 6 hours and as per the hospital policy of
where I was working I had to do a blood sugar level which came in at
4mmol/l, as I went to reassure mum I was told by my supervisor that the
reading was due to the mucous in the tummy and not milk and therefore I
needed to do a lavage before tube feeding the baby with some formula
otherwise the blood sugar could "plummet dangerously". To this day I still
can't work the logic out of this and despite much "discussion" she didn't
see my point of view! Research into the much used and abused lavages would
be great.
cheers
Wendy.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alesa Koziol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] gastric washes
> Hi Sue
> This practice has always astounded me too. Although I will admit to
'doing'
> a couple over the years- but never ever got any returns so now I refuse to
> do them if requested and have a discussion with the Paed who requests it
or
> the Midwife who thinks she might just give it a go to clear a mucousy
babe.
> (Wont go into how ineffective a lavage is for the mucousy newborn just
now),
> So if you do see any actual recent evidence based references I'll be
truly
> amazed:)
> Cheers
> Alesa
>
>
>
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