Post-discharge Nutrition and the VLBW Infant: To Supplement or Not Supplement? A Review of the Current Evidence

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 463-474

  Nzegwu, Nneka I ^a   Ehrenkranz, Richard A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human milk; Multinutrient fortification; Nutrient enriched formula; Post discharge formula; Post discharge nutrition; Postnatal growth failure

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREAST MILK; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD GROWTH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FAT INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MACRONUTRIENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POST DISCHARGE NUTRITION; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREMATURITY; TRENDS;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 84901609523     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2014.02.008     Document Type: Review

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