Protein supplementation of human milk for promoting growth in preterm infants

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2020, Issue 9, 2020, Pages

  Amissah, Emma A ^a   Brown, Julie ^b   Harding, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MILK INTOLERANCE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; INFANT NUTRITION; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS; BODY HEIGHT; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MILK, HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 85091437031     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000433.pub3     Document Type: Review

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