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ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2019

Adjustable feedings plus accurate serial length measurements decrease discharge weight-length disproportion in very preterm infants: quality improvement project.

Luc P Brion, Charles R Rosenfeld, Roy Heyne, Steven L Brown, Cheryl S Lair, Patti J Burchfield, Maria Caraig

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Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nutrition assessment of hospitalized very preterm infants: Best practices for accurate anthropometry in neonatal intensive care unit settings.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2025
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  3. Optimizing individual nutrition in preterm very low birth weight infants: double-blinded randomized controlled trial.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Luc P BrionDivision of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. luc.brion@utsouthwestern.edu.
Charles R RosenfeldDivision of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9208-6539
Roy HeyneDivision of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Steven L BrownParkland Hospital and Health System, Dallas, TX, USA.
Cheryl S LairParkland Hospital and Health System, Dallas, TX, USA.
Patti J BurchfieldDivision of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Maria CaraigDivision of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USParkland Health & Hospital System · USSouthwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPreterm very-low-birth-weight (≤1500 g) infants exhibit disproportionate weight-for-length growth in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. LOCAL PROBLEM: High frequency of body mass index (BMI) > 90th centile at discharge and 1-year postnatal age associated with elevated blood pressure and serum leptin in infancy and adolescence.

methodsSingle-institution quality improvement project in appropriately grown infants born at 23

interventionAdjustable feeding protocol based on valid serial length measurements (board or caliper).

resultsThe average monthly percentage of weight-for-length disproportion at discharge decreased from 13% in Epoch 1 to 0% in Epoch 2 (P < 0.05). Although the average Z-score for BMI at discharge was lower in Epoch 2 versus Epoch 1 (P < 0.01), this was absent by 1 year follow-up (P = 0.91).

conclusionsAdjustable feedings plus use of accurate serial length measurements decreases weight-for-length disproportion at hospital discharge but not at 1 year.

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Body HeightBody Mass IndexBody WeightFeeding MethodsFemaleHumansInfantInfant, Extremely PrematureInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureInfant, Very Low Birth WeightIntensive Care Units, NeonatalLeptinMaleQuality ImprovementLeptin

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