Feeding growth restricted premature neonates: a challenging perspective

Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics
Siba P PaulPaul Mannix

Abstract

Nutrition in the postnatal period is essential to achieve optimal growth and maintain biochemical normality. Feeding growth-restricted premature neonates remains a big challenge for pediatricians and neonatologists. The choice of milk is one of the biggest challenges. Breast milk is recommended, although feeding with preterm formulas can ensure a more consistent delivery of optimal levels of nutrients. The timing of introduction of feeds and the rate of advancement of those feeds in preterm infants are both topics of significant controversy. Early feeding is advantageous because it improves the functional adaptation of the gastrointestinal tract and reduces the duration of total parenteral nutrition. A faster rate of advancement will also reduce the duration of need for parenteral nutrition. Despite this, enteral feeding is often delayed and is often slowly increased in high-risk infants because of a possible increased risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Growth-restricted neonates are at increased risk of developing NEC due to a combination of antenatal and postnatal disturbances in gut perfusion. If enteral feeding is introduced earlier and advanced more quickly, this may lead to increased risk of NEC, but slower feeds ex...Continue Reading

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