In spite of the negative consequences associated with inadequate nutritional intake and feeding difficulties, little is known about how best to teach parents to feed their preterm infant.
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Standards of adequate nutrition following hospital discharge of preterm infants have not been established. At discharge, preterm infants may have low body stores of nutrients, deficient bone mineralization
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The immune system of the preterm infant is characterized by developmental immaturities that result in inadequate elimination of bacterial infections and poor recruitment of immune cells to sites of inflammation or
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This guideline was issued to update the previous guidelines issued in 1987 by the Committee on Nutrition of the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.
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It is generally accepted that preventing growth faltering in infants is clinically beneficial, however observational studies suggest that accelerated growth (upward centile crossing) is associated with long-term adverse
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When in hospital preterm infants are provided with special nutrient-enriched formulas designed to meet their projected increased nutritional needs and/or multi-nutrient fortifiers that can be added to breast milk.
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In pre-term infants, poor post-natal growth is associated with adverse neurocognitive outcomes, however rapid post-natal growth is associated with adverse future metabolic outcomes.
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