Abstract
Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal and under-5 mortality globally, and healthcare-related burden and nutrition-related morbidities are unsustainable, particularly in resource-limited regions. Additionally, preterm infants are susceptible to multiple adverse outcomes including growth faltering, suboptimal neurodevelopment, and multisystemic morbidities. Maturation, healing, repair, and restoration to normalcy in preterm-born infants require optimizing nutrition; only then, prognosis, growth, neurodevelopment, and overall quality of life can improve. In this article, we discuss the various evidence-based feeding and nutritional strategies that can be applicable even in resource-limited settings, where resources and infrastructure for advanced neonatal care are limited. This article addresses nutrition, feeding strategies, and growth monitoring in the neonatal intensive care unit and at discharge to optimize nutrition, growth, and development.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 100305 |
| Journal | Advances in Nutrition |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2024 The Author(s)
Keywords
- growth assessment
- infant and young child feeding
- low birth weight infant
- low- and middle-income countries
- neonatology
- nutritional assessment
- nutritional management
- preterm infant
- resource-limited settings
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article
- Review
