Development of necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants receiving thickened feeds using SimplyThick

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-152

  Woods, C W ^a   Oliver, T ^a   Lewis, K ^a   Yang, Q ^a,b  

^a Brenner Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

dysphagia; necrotizing enterocolitis; premature infant; SimplyThicks; thickened feeds; xanthan gum

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FOOD ADDITIVE; THICKENING AGENT; WATER; XANTHAN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; APNEA; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CALORIE; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ELEMENTAL DIET; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NECTAR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PREMATURITY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD ADDITIVES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 84856589854     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2011.105     Document Type: Article

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