Evaluation of nutrition status of very preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units using different growth indicators

CONCLUSIONS: Indicator III, change in weight z-score from birth to discharge (adjusted for birth weight z-score, gestational age, and time to regain birth weight), appears to be the most accurate for evaluating the quality of nutrition in the NICU.PMID:34339517 | DOI:10.1002/ncp.10741

Source: Nutrition in Clinical Practice - August 2, 2021 Category: Nutrition Authors: Na Wang Jia Zhang Zhangbin Yu Bin Tang Lin Zhang Yujie Yin Zengqin Wang Shuangshuang Li Shanyu Jiang Weiwei Hou Yan Gao Huaiyan Wang Xiaoqing Chen Xiaoyi Deng Yi Lu Lingling Zhu Lin Bo Shuping Han Source Type: research