ReviewJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2003
Nutrition in the neonatal intensive care unit: how do we reduce the incidence of extrauterine growth restriction?
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- Demographic and nutritional factors associated with prolonged cholestatic jaundice in the premature infant.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2008Trial
- Tolerance of an enterally administered simulated amniotic fluid-like solution by neonates recovering from surgery for congenital bowel abnormalities.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2004Trial
- Effects of Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI on Preterm Infant Microbiome and Fecal Fermentation Profile-A Preliminary Cohort Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Metabolic and inflammatory status in prepuberty and early adulthood for individuals with a history of extrauterine growth restriction: a cohort study.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Development and validation of machine learning-based clinical decision support tool for identifying malnutrition in NICU patients.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Acidified Feedings in Preterm Infants: A Historical and Physiological Perspective.American journal of perinatology · 2023Review
- Delayed initiation of enteral feeds is associated with postnatal growth failure among preterm infants managed at a rural hospital in Uganda.BMC pediatrics · 2020Article
- Incidence and associated factors of extrauterine growth restriction (EUGR) in preterm infants, a cross-sectional study in selected NICUs in Ethiopia.BMJ paediatrics open · 2020Article
- Attainment Targets for Protein Intake Using Standardised, Concentrated and Individualised Neonatal Parenteral Nutrition Regimens.Nutrients · 2019Article
- Characteristics of the Intestinal Microbiota in Very Low Birth Weight Infants With Extrauterine Growth Restriction.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2019Article
- ExtraUterine Growth Restriction (EUGR) in Preterm Infants: Growth Patterns, Nutrition, and Epigenetic Markers. A Pilot Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2018Article
- Peripherally inserted central catheters optimize nutrient intake in moderately preterm infants.Pediatric research · 2016Article
- The successful accomplishment of nutritional and clinical outcomes via the implementation of a multidisciplinary nutrition support team in the neonatal intensive care unit.BMC pediatrics · 2016Article
- Prevention of postnatal growth restriction by the implementation of an evidence-based premature infant feeding bundle.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2015Article
- Quantification of EUGR as a Measure of the Quality of Nutritional Care of Premature Infants.PloS one · 2015Article
- Extrauterine growth retardation in premature infants in Shanghai: a multicenter retrospective review.European journal of pediatrics · 2009Review
- Pattern of daily weights among low birth weight neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit: data from a multihospital health-care system.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2006Article
- Interneonatal intensive care unit variation in growth rates and feeding practices in healthy moderately premature infants.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2005Article
- Impact of Computerized Provider Order Entry on Total Parenteral Nutrition in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAGArticle
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Abstract
Extrauterine growth restriction is a major clinical problem for prematurely born neonates, especially critically ill preterm neonates, and malnutrition in the neonatal intensive-care unit remains common. There are numerous perceived risks to initiation of adequate nutritional support. How many of these factors pose a real risk to health outcomes is less clear. Current nutritional support does not prevent extrauterine growth restriction and the consequences of malnutrition are both acute and delayed. Our clinical approach to providing nutritional support impacts neonatal morbidity and long-term neuro developmental outcomes. While more and better evidence is needed to help guide best practices, this gap should not prevent neonatologists from using the observations in this review to improve their current practice. There is evidence that changes in nutritional support can have a positive influence on growth. These include early administration of intravenous amino acids and lipids, minimal enteral nutrition, and supplemented formula and human milk. Simply recognizing the degree of growth failure by monitoring weight and focusing on the accruing deficit should encourage clinicians to increase nutritional support to enhance recovery growth. Continued research is needed to define the efficiency of early feeding, more rapid advancements in nutritional support, protein needs, the optimal composition of breast-milk supplements, the etiology of necrotizing enterocolitis, and perhaps most importantly, the health consequences of extrauterine growth restriction.
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