Background Human breast milk‐fed preterm infants can accumulate nutrient deficits leading
to extrauterine growth restriction. Feeding preterm infants with multi‐nutrient fortified human …

Human milk provides the optimal nutrition for term infants. Human milk is also recommended
for preterm infants, but does not alone provide optimal nutrition. The growth and …

Preterm birth survivors are at a higher risk of growth and developmental disabilities
compared to their term counterparts. Development of strategies to lower the complications of …

OBJECTIVE. We sought to evaluate the association between early protein and energy intake
and neurodevelopment and growth of extremely low birth weight (< 1000 g) infants. STUDY …

BACKGROUND The prevalence of malnutrition among critically ill patients, especially those
with a protracted clinical course, has remained largely unchanged over the last two decades …

Nutrition of newborn infants, particularly of those born preterm, has advanced substantially
in recent years. Extremely preterm infants have high nutrient demands that are challenging …

BACKGROUND: Optimizing early nutritional intake in preterm neonates may promote brain
health and neurodevelopment through enhanced brain maturation. Our objectives were (1) …

Background Human milk for very preterm infants need fortification for optimal growth and
development but the optimal fortification product remains to be identified. Aims To …

Significant benefits to infant host defense, sensory-neural development, gastrointestinal
maturation, and some aspects of nutritional status are observed when premature infants are …

Early nutritional support of preterm infants is critical to life-long health and well being.
Numerous studies have demonstrated that preterm infants are at increased risk of mortality …