Rapid versus slow rate of advancement of feedings for promoting growth and preventing necrotizing enterocolitis in parenterally fed low-birth-weight infants (Cochrane Review)

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Rapid versus slow rate of advancement of feedings for promoting growth and preventing necrotizing enterocolitis in parenterally fed low-birth-weight infants (Cochrane Review)
Kennedy KA, Tyson JE

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Background: Very premature infants fed by gavage are unable to regulate their own enteral intake. Therefore the rate at which feedings are advanced must be determined by caregivers. While advancing feedings too rapidly may increase the risk of necrotizing entero . . .

Full article: The full article is available on Wiley InterScience at http://www.thecochranelibrary.com
Resources: WHO Reproductive Health Library, La Biblioteca Cochrane Plus, Renal Health Library, Malaria in Pregnancy Library
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