Dilemmas Initiating Enteral Feedings in High Risk Infants: How Can They Be Resolved?

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-73

  Tyson, Jon E ^a   Kennedy, Kathleen A ^a   Lucke, Joseph F ^a   Pedroza, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; clinical trial; early feedings; extremely low birth weight infant; minimal enteral nutrition; necrotizing entercolitis; systematic review; trophic feedings

Indexed keywords

ENTERIC FEEDING; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

BAYES THEOREM; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247186769     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2007.02.008     Document Type: Review

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