Feeding Regimens And Catch-Up Growth In Premature And Full-Term Small For Gestational Age Infants  

Oleh:

Funkquist, Eva-Lotta ; Tuvemo, Torsten ; Jonsson, Björn ; Serenius, Fredrik

Jenis: Article from Article
Dalam koleksi: ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition vol. 1 no. 2 (Apr. 2009), page 66-72.
Topik: catch-up growth; infant premature; nutrition policy; prematurity feeding; SGA
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the growth of infants born small for gestational age (SGA) as a result of 2 different feeding regimens during their hospital stay. A retrospective chart review was performed at 2 hospitals to assess the growth of 42 SGA infants (gestational age: median 37 weeks; range, 30-41 weeks) from birth up to 18 months corrected age. At one hospital, infants were fed according to a proactive nutrition regimen stipulating 200 mL milk/kg per day from day 2 to achieve better weight gain. At the other hospital, milk volumes were gradually increased to 170 mL/kg per day by day 9. Infants fed according to the proactive regimen had lower weight loss and regained their birth weight earlier but did not show better catchup growth subsequently. The premature SGA infants (n = 20) showed catch-up growth before 40 weeks postmenstrual age. The lower the gestational age at birth, the less negative standard deviation score for length up to a corrected age of 18 months. Although infants fed according to a proactive regimen with liberal volumes of milk during the first days had lower weight loss and regained their birth weight earlier, no evidence was found that this would result in a different pattern of growth in later life.

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