ReviewNutrients2024
Nutritional Strategies for Preterm Neonates and Preterm Neonates Undergoing Surgery: New Insights for Practice and Wrong Beliefs to Uproot.
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- Nutritional management of neonates who undergo major surgery for gastrointestinal disorders: a joint position paper of the Italian Society of Neonatology (SIN), the Italian Society of Pediatric Surgery (SICP), and the Italian Society of Pediatric Nutrition (SINUPE).Italian journal of pediatrics · 2026Guideline
- Lutein and zeaxanthin for reducing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Mortality and Factors Associated with Death in Children with Congenital Gastrointestinal Malformations-A Five-Year Retrospective Study from Romania (2020-2024).Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Narrative review of human milk fortifiers for preterm infants.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- The Kumagai Method Using the Pigeon Long Nipple for Dealing With Various Movements While Bottle Feeding Children With Cleft Lip And/or Palate: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Intestinal Biomarkers in Preterm Infants: Influence of Mother's Own Milk on Fecal Calprotectin and of Gestational Age on IFABP Concentrations.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- Osmolality of donor human milk rises dramatically within minutes of fortification with varied degrees depending on the fortifier used.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Transition phase of nutrition-optimizing nutrient administration.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
- The Multifaceted Aspects of Clinical Nutrition-An Introduction to Hot Topics in Clinical Nutrition (2nd Edition).Nutrients · 2024Article
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Abstract
The nutrition of preterm infants remains contaminated by wrong beliefs that reflect inexactitudes and perpetuate old practices. In this narrative review, we report current evidence in preterm neonates and in preterm neonates undergoing surgery. Convictions that necrotizing enterocolitis is reduced by the delay in introducing enteral feeding, a slow advancement in enteral feeds, and the systematic control of residual gastric volumes, should be abandoned. On the contrary, these practices prolong the time to reach full enteral feeding. The length of parenteral nutrition should be as short as possible to reduce the infectious risk. Intrauterine growth restriction, hemodynamic and respiratory instability, and patent ductus arteriosus should be considered in advancing enteral feeds, but they must not translate into prolonged fasting, which can be equally dangerous. Clinicians should also keep in mind the risk of refeeding syndrome in case of high amino acid intake and inadequate electrolyte supply, closely monitoring them. Conversely, when preterm infants undergo surgery, nutritional strategies are still based on retrospective studies and opinions rather than on randomized controlled trials. Finally, this review also highlights how the use of adequately fortified human milk is strongly recommended, as it offers unique benefits for immune and gastrointestinal health and neurodevelopmental outcomes.
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