Nutritional considerations for the newborn requiring intensive care.
The importance of providing nutrition for the critically ill or low-birth-weight baby is frequently over-looked in the zeal to preserve life. Unfortunately, because of this oversight, a significant factor influencing the quality of that salvaged life may be neglected. Common nutritional problems requiring a team effort have been described to emphasize the need for support by the dietitian. There is increasing evidence that what is appropriate for the term baby may not be ideal for the premature infant. Some of the recognized discrepancies are discussed, and an approach to management outlined. Through prospective evaluation, we hope to gain insight into many of the unanswered and perhaps unrecognized questions regarding nutrition for the intensive care newborn.
D001724:Birth Weight; D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D003422:Critical Care; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000178:diet therapy; D005865:Gestational Age; D006128:Growth; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000178:diet therapy; D006801:Humans; D007225:Infant Food; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007228:Infant Nutrition Disorders / Q000178:diet therapy; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy*; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy; D008588:Meningocele / Q000178:diet therapy; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000178:diet therapy
D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D004044:Dietary Proteins