Use of parenteral nutrition in the first postnatal week in England and Wales: an observational study using real-world data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parenteral nutrition (PN) is used to provide supplemental support to neonates while enteral feeding is being established. PN is a high-cost intervention with beneficial and harmful effects. Internationally, there is substantial variation in how PN is used, and there are limited contemporary data describing use across Great Britain.

Objective

To describe PN use in the first postnatal week in infants born and admitted to neonatal care in England, Scotland and Wales.

Method

Data describing neonates admitted to National Health Service neonatal units between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2017, extracted from routinely recorded data held the National Neonatal Research Database (NNRD); the denominator was live births, from Office for National Statistics.

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SUBMITTER: Webbe J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9422803 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature