Journal of Neonatal Biology

Abstract

First Week Protein and Energy Intake and its Effect on Growth at Hospital Discharge and at Term Gestation in Very Preterm Infants on Exclusive Human Milk Feeding

Dattatray Kulkarni*, Dinesh Pawale and Srinivas Murki

In a unit with aggressive enteral and parenteral nutritional policy, the actual calorie and protein intakes of preterm infants are less than targeted. In this large cohort of infants with gestation <33 weeks, when aggressive TPN was the routine and enteral feeding was aggressive and with only human milk feeding, the average calorie intake and the protein intake was very much less than the recommended daily allowance.

Published Date: 2024-07-29; Received Date: 2019-09-12