Brief parenteral nutrition accelerates weight gain, head growth even in healthy VLBWs.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Whether parenteral nutrition benefits growth of very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants in the setting of rapid enteral feeding advancement is unclear. Our aim was to examine this issue using data from Japan, where enteral feeding typically advances at a rapid r...

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Main Authors: Naho Morisaki, Mandy B Belfort, Marie C McCormick, Rintaro Mori, Hisashi Noma, Satoshi Kusuda, Masanori Fujimura, Neonatal Research Network of Japan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24586323/pdf/?tool=EBI