Comparing apples with apples: it is time for standardized reporting of neonatal nutrition and growth studies

BE Cormack, ND Embleton, JB van Goudoever… - Pediatric …, 2016 - nature.com
The ultimate goal of neonatal nutrition care is optimal growth, neurodevelopment, and long-
term health for preterm babies. International consensus is that increased energy and protein …

Preterm infant growth velocity calculations: a systematic review

TR Fenton, HT Chan, A Madhu, IJ Griffin, A Hoyos… - …, 2017 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: We determined the numerical methods used to describe weight, length, and
head circumference growth velocity in preterm infants; these methods include …

[HTML][HTML] PediTools electronic growth chart calculators: applications in clinical care, research, and quality improvement

JH Chou, S Roumiantsev, R Singh - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Parameterization of pediatric growth charts allows precise quantitation of
growth metrics that would be difficult or impossible with traditional paper charts. However …

Lung ultrasound score predicts surfactant need in extremely preterm neonates

L De Martino, N Yousef, R Ben-Ammar… - …, 2018 - publications.aap.org
METHODS: We performed a prospective cohort diagnostic accuracy study between 2015
and 2016 in a tertiary-care academic center. Inborn neonates at≤ 30 weeks' gestation with …

Lung ultrasonography score to evaluate oxygenation and surfactant need in neonates treated with continuous positive airway pressure

R Brat, N Yousef, R Klifa, S Reynaud… - JAMA …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Lung ultrasonography (LUS) is a bedside technique useful to diagnose neonatal
respiratory problems, but, to our knowledge, no data are available about its use for …

New intrauterine growth curves based on United States data

IE Olsen, SA Groveman, ML Lawson, RH Clark… - …, 2010 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to create and validate new intrauterine weight,
length, and head circumference growth curves using a contemporary, large, racially diverse …

Beyond necrotizing enterocolitis prevention: improving outcomes with an exclusive human milk–based diet

AB Hair, AM Peluso, KM Hawthorne, J Perez… - Breastfeeding …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare outcomes of infants pre and post initiation of
a feeding protocol providing an exclusive human milk–based diet (HUM). Materials and …

Inside the war on poverty: The impact of food stamps on birth outcomes

D Almond, HW Hoynes… - The review of economics …, 2011 - direct.mit.edu
This paper evaluates the health impacts of a signature initiative of the War on Poverty: the
introduction of the modern Food Stamp Program (FSP). Using variation in the month FSP …

Validating the weight gain of preterm infants between the reference growth curve of the fetus and the term infant

TR Fenton, R Nasser, M Eliasziw, JH Kim, D Bilan… - BMC pediatrics, 2013 - Springer
Background Current fetal-infant growth references have an obvious growth disjuncture
around 40 week gestation overlapping where the fetal and infant growth references are …

United States birth weight reference corrected for implausible gestational age estimates

NM Talge, LM Mudd, A Sikorskii, O Basso - Pediatrics, 2014 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: To provide an updated US birth weight for gestational age reference
corrected for likely errors in last menstrual period (LMP)-based gestational age dating, as …