title: New perspectives on nutrition enhance outcomes for premature infants.
abstract: Significant advances have occurred during the past 20 years in the understanding of the complex relationships of the environment, the developing gut-associated immune system, the bacterial flora, the barrier functions of the gut, and the effects of nutrient intake. These advances have produced a profoundly different way of interpreting the nutritional requirements for normal growth and development of premature infants throughout their entire life.
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity