Ongoing issues in the intensive care for the periviable infant--nutritional management and prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and nosocomial infections.
The focus of this paper is to describe the following: (1) the benefits of implementing feeding guidelines, (2) management practices associated with the prevention of BPD, and (3) management practices associated with prevention of nosocomial infection.
Department of Pediatrics and Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, PO Box: 208064, New Haven, CT 06520-8064. Electronic address: richard.ehrenkranz@yale.edu.
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D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D005248:Feeding Methods; D005260:Female; D005328:Fetal Viability; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D052577:Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D007781:Lactoferrin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D007781:Lactoferrin
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Extremely preterm infants; Feeding guidelines; Nosocomial infections; Nutritional support