Strategies for prevention of feed intolerance in preterm neonates: A systematic review

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-76

  Patole, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enteral feeding; Neonates; Prevention of feed intolerance

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CISAPRIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; INDOMETACIN; LACTASE; LACTOSE; MORPHINE; MYDRIATIC AGENT; OPIATE; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN INHIBITOR; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY POSITION; BREAST MILK; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG INDICATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTEROCOLITIS; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; INFANT FEEDING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MANOMETRY; META ANALYSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NOSE FEEDING; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PHOTOTHERAPY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; QT INTERVAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; STOMACH EMPTYING; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL;

EID: 24144436650     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500127724     Document Type: Review

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