Current knowledge of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants and the impact of different types of enteral nutrition products

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 80-91

  Shulhan, Jocelyn ^a,b   Dicken, Bryan ^a,c   Hartling, Lisa ^a,b   Larsen, Bodil M K ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Elemental formula; Formula; Hydrolyzed formula; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Nutrition; Preterm infant; Semielemental formula

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; ENTERIC FEEDING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MILK; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MILK; MILK, HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85011277188     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.116.013193     Document Type: Review

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