title: Working group reports: evaluation of the evidence to support practice guidelines for nutritional care of preterm infants-the Pre-B Project.
abstract: The "Evaluation of the Evidence to Support Practice Guidelines for the Nutritional Care of Preterm Infants: The Pre-B Project" is the first phase in a process to present the current state of knowledge and to support the development of evidence-informed guidance for the nutritional care of preterm and high-risk newborn infants. The future systematic reviews that will ultimately provide the underpinning for guideline development will be conducted by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Evidence Analysis Library (EAL). To accomplish the objectives of this first phase, the Pre-B Project organizers established 4 working groups (WGs) to address the following themes: 1) nutrient specifications for preterm infants, 2) clinical and practical issues in enteral feeding of preterm infants, 3) gastrointestinal and surgical issues, and 4) current standards of infant feeding. Each WG was asked to 1) develop a series of topics relevant to their respective themes, 2) identify questions for which there is sufficient evidence to support a systematic review process conducted by the EAL, and 3) develop a research agenda to address priority gaps in our understanding of the role of nutrition in health and development of preterm/neonatal intensive care unit infants. This article is a summary of the reports from the 4 Pre-B WGs.
authors.affiliation: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD; raitend@mail.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Raiten
authors.affiliation: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chicago, IL;
authors.forename: Alison L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Steiber
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS;
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.affiliation: University of California-Davis, Davis, CA;
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX;
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado, Aurora, CO;
authors.forename: William W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Hay
authors.affiliation: Fairfax Neonatal Associates at Inova Children's Hospital, Fairfax, VA;
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robins
authors.affiliation: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL;
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neu
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN;
authors.forename: Michael K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Georgieff
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University-School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Groh-Wargo
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Tanis R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Fenton
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D053198:Child Nutrition Sciences / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000639:trends; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000639:trends; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000639:trends; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D057285:Precision Medicine; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: enteral nutrition; growth; nutrient requirements; parenteral nutrition; preterm birth