> At our local hospital it is still the protocol to do gastric
>lavage on a newborn baby that is nauseous and spitting up. Is this still an
>universal trend?
Never ever heard of it being done here (UK).
It sounds awful.....
Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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