If a doctor suspects an infant has a feeding intolerance, he or she may recommend checking gastric residuals, the fluids that remain in the stomach after a feeding. If a high level of fluid is lingering in the stomach, this means the infant has a high level of gastric residuals. This may indicate feeding intolerance and NEC. Infants fed via feeding tube are more susceptible to this symptom.

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