Nutrition report. Enteral & total parenteral nutrition in the very low birth weight infant: part I -- enteral nutrition... originally published by Scientific Publishers OWN, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wienawskiego, Poznan.
The absolute standard for assessing the nutritional outcome of preterm infants remains undefined. Traditional intrauterine based short term growth and nutrient retention rates are falling out of favor while the possible lifelong range of outcomes related to feedings is becoming more important. The o...
| Publicado en: | Neonatal Intensive Care Vol. 10; no. 5; pp. 19 - 24 |
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| Formato: | forms Journal Article |
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Goldstein & Associates
1997 Sep-Oct
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | The absolute standard for assessing the nutritional outcome of preterm infants remains undefined. Traditional intrauterine based short term growth and nutrient retention rates are falling out of favor while the possible lifelong range of outcomes related to feedings is becoming more important. The optimal time to begin enteral feedings in the smallest and sickest preterm infants is being reevaluated with particular attention paid to the use of minimal enteral feeding or trophic feedings. The integration of enteral nutrition with parenteral nutrition will help achieve positive energy balance without total reliance on total parenteral nutrition. The preterm infant's own mother's milk is becoming an important factor in both prevention of short term morbidities and the potential advantages for long term neurologic outcome. |
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