zahra behnamfar

Ali Asghar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Effect of Protein Supplementation on the Growth of Infants Weighing Less than 1,000 Grams Hospitalized on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Akbar Abadi Hospital in Tehran, Iran (2015-2016)

Background: Breast milk provides adequate protein to facilitate growth for term infants. Appropriate nutrition is necessary for the growth of preterm infants. Extremely-low-birth-weight (ELBW) infants require higher protein intakes to achieve adequate growth. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of protein supplements on the physical growth of infants weighing less than 1,000 grams t...

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