Optimal Growth of Preterm Infants

2013 ◽  
pp. 149-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willemijn E. Corpeleijn ◽  
Stefanie M.P. Kouwenhoven ◽  
Johannes B. van Goudoever
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Optimal Growth

Optimal Growth and Lower Fat Mass in Preterm Infants Fed a Protein-enriched Postdischarge Formula

2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eline M Amesz ◽  
Anne Schaafsma ◽  
Anneke Cranendonk ◽  
Harrie N Lafeber
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Fat Mass ◽  
Optimal Growth

scholarly journals New Insights in Preterm Nutrition

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1857
Author(s):  
Paola Roggero ◽  
Nadia Liotto ◽  
Camilla Menis ◽  
Fabio Mosca
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Optimal Growth

Nutrition of preterm infants has a crucial role in the promotion of organ’s optimal growth and development [...]

scholarly journals The role of breast milk fortifier in the post-discharge nutrition of preterm infants

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Kenny McCormick ◽  
Caroline King ◽  
Sara Clarke ◽  
Chris Jarvis ◽  
Mark Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Milk ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Optimal Growth ◽  
Post Discharge ◽  
Term Infants ◽  
Community Healthcare ◽  
Fortified Milk ◽  
Bone Mineralisation

Infants born prematurely are often discharged from hospital before 37 weeks post-menstrual age. While breastfeeding will meet all the nutritional requirements of full-term infants, these preterm infants may need enhanced levels of protein, minerals and possibly energy to ensure optimum growth, bone mineralisation and neurological development. To meet these additional nutrient needs in the neonatal unit, it is currently recommended that multinutrient breast milk fortifier is added to maternal breast milk. There may also be benefits in continuing to provide fortified milk after discharge, potentially including improved growth and preserving breastfeeding, and this is increasingly becoming a recognised practice in some neonatal units. This article presents the discussion and consensus of a multidisciplinary panel of neonatologists, neonatal dietitians, a GP and a neonatal outreach sister. The aim is to develop guidance on providing safe and effective nutritional supplementation for preterm infants after discharge in order to maintain optimal growth. This guidance is aimed at community healthcare staff and is based on the limited evidence available, using shared best practice and expertise.

The fear of necrotizing enterocolitis versus achieving optimal growth in preterm infants—an opinion

2006 ◽  
Vol 95 (11) ◽  
pp. 1341-1344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orna Flidel-Rimon ◽  
David Branski ◽  
Eric S. Shinwell
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Necrotizing Enterocolitis ◽  
Optimal Growth

Preterm infants with chronic lung disease: Are protein and energy intakes after discharge sufficient for optimal growth?

2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemma McLeod ◽  
Karen Simmer ◽  
Helen Benninger ◽  
Leon Mitoulas ◽  
Dorota Doherty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Disease ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Chronic Lung Disease ◽  
Optimal Growth

scholarly journals Enteral nutrition for preterm infants: by bolus or continuous? An update

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Bozzetti ◽  
Paolo E. Tagliabue
Keyword(s):  
Enteral Nutrition ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Tube Feeding ◽  
Optimal Growth ◽  
Term Infants ◽  
Intermittent Bolus ◽  
Vascular Catheterization ◽  
Risk Of Aspiration ◽  
Milk Feeding

Optimization of nutritional management of preterm infants is crucial for achievement of their long-term health. Enteral nutrition is preferred to total parenteral nutrition (TPN) because the former avoids complications related to vascular catheterization, sepsis, adverse effects of TPN, and fasting. Due to the lack of ability of preterm infants to coordinate suckling, swallowing, and breathing, tube feeding is necessary for most infants less than 1500 g to ensure sufficient feeding tolerance, to support optimal growth and to reduce the risk of aspiration. Therefore, feeding by orogastric or nasogastric tube using either continuous or intermittent bolus delivery of formula or human milk is common practice for these infants. Theoretical risks and benefits of both continuous nasogastric milk feeding and intermittent bolus milk feeding have been proposed. According to the literature, continuous nutrition could be preferred in smaller infants (as those with a birthweight below 1250 g) or hemodynamically impaired infants; in stable growing infants nutrition can be administered intermittently as in healthy term infants.

Auditory Arousal in Preterm Infants

1984 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kay Lynn Copriviza ◽  
Cynthia Gayle Lima
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants

Spinal anaesthesia and meningitis in former preterm infants: cause-effect?

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Luz ◽  
H Buchele ◽  
P Innerhofer ◽  
H Maurer
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Spinal Anaesthesia
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