Body Composition following Necrotising Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants.

CONCLUSION: The lower weight at term in preterm infants following surgically and medically managed NEC, in comparison to preterm infants that did not develop the disease, was secondary to a reduction in ATV. This suggests that the nutritional regimen received was adequate to preserve non-ATM but not to support the normal third-trimester deposition of adipose tissue in preterm infants.
PMID: 29393261 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Neonatology - January 23, 2018 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Binder C, Longford N, Gale C, Modi N, Uthaya S Tags: Neonatology Source Type: research