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.