Gravitas Feeding Tube System Placement in Neonates

Exclusion Criteria

• •Known major upper airway malformation (e.g. tracheoesophageal fistula)
• •Known major GI malformation (e.g. malrotation)
• •NPO status -neonate expected to remain NPO for the following 72 hours
• •Has a medical condition that drastically affects gastric acid-secretion (e.g. Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome, congenital achlorhydria, gastrointestinal perforation/leak/obstruction)
• •Has had removal of part of the stomach
• •Critically ill, facing imminent death
• •Neonate on ECMO
• •Deemed unsuitable for enrollment in study by the site principal investigator based on the patients' medical history
• •Ability to have a legally authorized representative provide informed consent
• •Both neonates on a ventilator (non-invasive or invasive ventilation) or not requiring a ventilator are eligible for this study.