Enteral Intake for Very Low Birth Weight Infants: What Should the Composition Be?

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 74-82

  Kashyap, Sudha ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ELBW; enteral nutrition; macronutrient requirements; protein:energy ratio; VLBW

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FAT; PHOSPHORUS;

BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPID STORAGE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACRONUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW;

DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENERGY INTAKE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS;

EID: 34247191097     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2007.02.004     Document Type: Review

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