New perspectives on nutrition enhance outcomes for premature infants.
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.
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