Postnatal growth and body composition in extremely low birth weight infants fed with individually adjusted fortified human milk: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT: This cohort study aimed to evaluate the impact of an individualised nutritional care approach combining standardised fortification with adjustable fortification on postnatal growth and body composition in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants. We included ELBW infants admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit and still hospitalised at 35 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA). The fortification of human milk was standardised (multicomponent fortifier) between 70 mL/kg/day and full enteral feeding, and then individualised using adjustable fortification. When weight gain was below 20 g/kg/day, protein or energy was added when serum urea was below or above 3.5 mmol/L, respectively. Postnatal growth failure (PNGF) was defined as being small for gestational age at discharge and/or when the Z-score

SUBMITTER: Perrin T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10023649 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature