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Canan Türkyılmaz1, Hülya Bilgen2, Nilgün Kültürsay3

  • 1Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

Turk Pediatri Arsivi
|June 26, 2019
PubMed

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Early parenteral nutrition is crucial for preterm infants at risk of growth failure. This intensive nutritional support helps prevent negative neurodevelopmental effects and promotes healthy growth.

Area of Science:

  • Neonatalogy
  • Pediatric Nutrition
  • Intensive Care Medicine

Background:

  • Preterm infants, particularly very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) and extremely-low-birth-weight (ELBW) infants, are susceptible to postnatal growth failure.
  • Inadequate nutrition during the extrauterine period can lead to significant long-term neurodevelopmental deficits.
  • Enteral feeding is not always feasible for these vulnerable infants, necessitating alternative nutritional strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the critical role of early and intensive parenteral nutrition in managing preterm infants.
  • To emphasize the importance of appropriate protein and energy delivery in preventing growth failure.
  • To outline the key components and goals of parenteral nutrition in this population.

Main Methods:

  • Initiation of intensive parenteral nutrition (PN) as a nutritional emergency when enteral feeding is not possible.
  • Careful administration of protein, lipids, and glucose at appropriate doses to meet timely goals.
  • Monitoring for achievement of positive protein balance and successful postnatal growth.

Main Results:

  • Early PN initiation effectively prevents protein catabolism in preterm infants.
  • Appropriate PN strategies facilitate the achievement of positive protein balance and support postnatal growth.
  • Timely administration of macronutrients is essential for optimizing PN efficacy.

Conclusions:

  • Intensive parenteral nutrition is a vital intervention for preterm infants facing nutritional challenges.
  • Optimizing protein and energy delivery through PN is key to preventing extrauterine growth failure and its adverse neurodevelopmental consequences.
  • The ultimate goal of PN should be to support growth while facilitating an early transition to mother's milk/enteral feeding.

Keywords:
Feedingparenteral nutritionpreterm

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