Enhanced feeding and diminished postnatal growth failure in very-low-birth-weight infants.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the present study was to determine whether an increased supply of energy, protein, essential fatty acids, and vitamin A reduces postnatal growth failure in very-low-birth-weight infants.

Methods

Fifty infants with birth weight <1500 g were randomized to an intervention (n = 24) or a control (n = 26) feeding protocol within 24 hours after birth. Forty-four infants were included in the final analysis. This study was discontinued because of an increased occurrence of septicemia in the intervention group.

Results

The intervention group had a lower mean birth weight (P = 0.03) and a higher proportion of infants small-for-gestational age (P = 0.04) than the control group. Other baseline characteristics were similar. The median (interquartile range) ener

SUBMITTER: Moltu SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3940525 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature