Standardization and simplification is key to helping NICU babies feed and grow

(Nationwide Children's Hospital) A new standardized approach for feeding infants in the neonatal intensive care unit helps babies attain full oral feeds sooner, improves their growth and sends them home sooner. The guidelines, developed by clinician-scientists and published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, also reduces the cost of care for these babies by shortening their stays in the NICU by as much as two weeks.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news