Does early enteral feeding of very low birth weight infants increase the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis?

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 580-584

  Cakmak Celik F ^a   Aygun, C ^a   Cetinoglu E ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; DRUG USE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

BLOOD; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEPSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 64249130572     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602957     Document Type: Article

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