Carbohydrate supplementation of human milk to promote growth in preterm infants.

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Carbohydrate supplementation of human milk to promote growth in preterm infants.

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BACKGROUND: Preterm infants are born with low glycogen stores and require higher glucose intake to match fetal accretion rates. In spite of the myriad benefits of breast milk for preterm infants, it may not adequately meet the needs of these rapidly growing infants. Supplementing human milk with carbohydrates may help. However, there is a paucity of data on assessment of benefits or harms of carbohydrate supplementation of human milk to promote growth in preterm infants. This is a 2018 update...

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Journal article

Date created

2018-08-23

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Amissah, Emma A / Brown, Julie / Harding, Jane E

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/64157

Related subjects

Body Weight / Dietary Carbohydrates / Dietary Supplements / Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Food Intolerance / Growth / Humans / Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Infant, Newborn / Infant, Premature / Milk, Human / Prebiotics / Preterm, Low Birth Weight and Health of the Newborn / Pediatric / Nutrition / Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities / Prevention / Neurosciences / Perinatal Period - Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period / Infant Mortality / Clinical Research / 3 Prevention of disease and conditions, and promotion of well-being / 3.3 Nutrition and chemoprevention / Reproductive health and childbirth / Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Medicine, General & Internal / General & Internal Medicine / Infant / Premature / Milk / Human / Newborn / BREAST-MILK / NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS / NEUTRAL OLIGOSACCHARIDES / REQUIREMENTS / 11 Medical and Health Sciences / 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

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