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Evaluation of nutrition status of very preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units using different growth indicators

Authors :
Wei-Wei Hou
Lin Bo
Lin Zhang
Zhangbin Yu
Yi Lu
Huai-Yan Wang
Yan Gao
Zeng-Qin Wang
Lingling Zhu
Xiaoyi Deng
Bin Tang
Shanyu Jiang
Xiaoqing Chen
Jia Zhang
Yujie Yin
Shuping Han
Shuang-Shuang Li
Na Wang
Source :
Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral NutritionREFERENCES. 36(6)
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

BACKGROUND Nutrition status of very preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is strongly associated with postnatal growth. This study aimed to develop indicators of nutrition status using growth data of very preterm infants during hospitalization. METHODS The data of 596 newborns from eight NICUs were retrospectively analyzed. Inclusion criteria were birth at

Details

ISSN :
19412452
Volume :
36
Issue :
6
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral NutritionREFERENCES
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....f5353eba4de1998e75c98d68b9fbc150