Growth outcomes of very low-birth weight infants in the newborn intensive care unit.
Advances in perinatal medicine will continue to improve our care and increase our understanding of the unique nutritional requirements of the VLBW infant and especially of the ELBW infant. Developments that permit neonatologists to meet those nutritional needs should improve the growth and well-being of VLBW infants. Longitudinal growth curves of hospitalized VLBW infants, such as the ones described in this article, should not be considered optimal and should be updated as ways safely to improve the growth of VLBW infants are identified.
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Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. richard.ehrenkranz@yale.edu
D001835:Body Weight; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006257:Head / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight / Q000254:growth & development*; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D012016:Reference Values; D016896:Treatment Outcome