Early or delayed enteral feeding for preterm growth-restricted infants: A randomized trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Leaf, Alison ^a   Dorling, Jon ^b   Kempley, Stephen ^c   McCormick, Kenny ^d   Mannix, Paul ^e   Linsell, Louise ^f   Juszczak, Edmund ^f   Brocklehurst, Peter ^f,g  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Doppler ultrasound imaging; Enteral nutrition; Enterocolitis; Infant premature; Infant very low birth weight; Necrotizing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED ENTERIC FEEDING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84860549826     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2379     Document Type: Article

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