Trial reportNeonatology2023
Total Fluid Administration and Weight Loss during the First 2 Weeks in Infants Randomized to Early Enteral Feeding after Extremely Preterm Birth.
Trial report in Neonatology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02915549 (Early Progressive Feeding in Human-Milk Fed Extremely Preterm Infants), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Early Progressive Feeding in Human-Milk Fed Extremely Preterm Infants: A Randomized Trial
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.
- Early Postnatal Weight Loss and Its Association with Outcomes in Very Preterm Neonates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Neonatology · 2025Pooled it
- Early glucose and sodium trajectories and short-term outcomes in extremely preterm infants.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Impact of fast advancement and early fortification of enteral feedings in preterm infants, a retrospective, observational study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Advancements in research on fluid overload in preterm infants-a narrative review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundRandomized trials have not reported the effects of the early progression of feeding volumes on fluid balance and neurodevelopment among infants born extremely preterm (≤28 weeks).
methodFluid, electrolyte, and neurodevelopment data of 60 extremely preterm infants randomly assigned to receive either 1 (early feeding group) or 4 days (late feeding group) of trophic feeding volumes at 20-24 mL/kg/day were analyzed.
resultsInfants randomized to the early feeding group received less parenteral fluids, generated lower urine volumes, and had less excessive weight loss during the first 14 days after birth. The 7-point difference in cognitive scores and the 0.5 difference in weight-for-age z-scores favoring the early feeding group did not reach statistical significance.
conclusionsIn extremely preterm infants, early enteral feeding is associated with less total fluid administration and with less excessive weight loss during the first 2 weeks after birth. These short-term effects could have long-lasting benefits.
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