Feeding issues in preterm infants
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A major concern for those taking care of preterm infants is to ensure that nutritional intake meets requirements, thereby ensuring that poor nutrition is not rate limiting on outcome. However, establishment of an adequate intake is diYcult during early life in the sick infant. Dietary needs also vary, depending on maturity and nutritional and clinical status. Furthermore, measures of outcome are not widely agreed on. This paper will briefly review some of the principles involved and address some of the practical questions that arise on a day to day basis during nutritional care of these high risk infants.
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