Perinatal growth and nutrition

Perinatal growth and nutrition / edited by Ian J. Griffin.

Preterm infants grow poorly after birth and very commonly develop ex utero growth restriction (EUGR). However, the risks and benefits of catch-up growth in preterm infants must be weighed, and evidence addressing this warrants examination. Perinatal Growth and Nutrition explores the reasons for EUGR...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Griffin, Ian J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2014]
Subjects:
Premature infants > Nutrition.
Premature infants > Development.
Infants > Nutrition.
Fetus > Development.
Newborn infants > Nutrition.
Newborn infants > Development.
Metabolism > Disorders.
Nutrition > Requirements.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > General.
Fetus > Development
Infants > Nutrition
Metabolism > Disorders
Newborn infants > Development
Newborn infants > Nutrition
Nutrition > Requirements
Premature infants > Development
Premature infants > Nutrition
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Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. Causes and assessment of ex utero growth restriction in preterm infants
  • section 2. The effects of in utero and ex utero growth in term and preterm infants
  • section 3. Can we be better? Reducing ex utero growth restriction in preterm infants.
  • Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Additional Files; About the Editor; Contributors; Section 1. Causes and assessment of ex utero growth restriction in preterm infants ; Chapter 1: Growth Charts for Preterm Infants and Related Tools for Growth Monitoring; Chapter 2: Assessment of Short- and Medium-Term Outcomes in Preterm Infants; Chapter 3: Causes of Postnatal Growth Failure in Preterm Infants; Section I Conclusions; Chapter 4: Fetal and Postnatal Growth, and the Risks of Metabolic Syndrome in the AGA and SGA Term Infant; Chapter 5: Effect of Postnatal Growth in the Large-for-Gestational-Age Infants; Chapter 6: Postnatal Growth Failure in Preterm Infants : Metabolic Outcomes.
  • Chapter 7: Postnatal Growth in Preterm Infants : Neurodevelopmental EffectsSection II Conclusions; Chapter 8: Assessing Nutritional Requirements for Preterm Infants; Chapter 9: Meeting Nutritional Goals : Computer-Aided Prescribing of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition; Chapter 10: Customize or Generalize? Or the Imperfect Art of Fortifying Human Milk; Chapter 11: Customized Fortification of Human Milk; Chapter 12: Mathematical Description of Postnatal Growth : Z-Scores and Statistical Control Process Analysis; Section III Conclusions; Back Cover.

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