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[Trophic feeding of very low birth weight infants]. 2000

A Gawecka

Klinika Patologii i Intensywnej Terapii Noworodka, Instytut Matki i Dziecka w Warszawie, ul. Kasprzaka 17a, 01-211 Warszawa, Polska. kpn@imid.med.pl

The author presents current views on early trophic feeding of very low birth weight infants. Trophic feeding does not increase the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, but sustains structural intestinal integrity, promotes maturation of gastrointestinal tract and decreases the complications of parenteral nutrition. Principles of initiating enteral feeding, contraindications and the most common problems accompanying enteral feeding were presented.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D004750	Enteral Nutrition	Nutritional support given via the alimentary canal or any route connected to the gastrointestinal system (i.e., the enteral route). This includes oral feeding, sip feeding, and tube feeding using nasogastric, gastrostomy, and jejunostomy tubes.	Enteral Feeding,Force Feeding,Nutrition, Enteral,Tube Feeding,Gastric Feeding Tubes,Feeding Tube, Gastric,Feeding Tubes, Gastric,Feeding, Enteral,Feeding, Force,Feeding, Tube,Feedings, Force,Force Feedings,Gastric Feeding Tube,Tube, Gastric Feeding,Tubes, Gastric Feeding
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000075202	Contraindications	A condition or factor associated with a recipient that makes the use of a drug, procedure, or physical agent improper or inadvisable. Contraindications may be absolute (life threatening) or relative (higher risk of complications in which benefits may outweigh risks).	Contraindications, Physical Agent,Medical Contraindications,Agent Contraindication, Physical,Agent Contraindications, Physical,Contraindication,Contraindication, Medical,Contraindication, Physical Agent,Contraindications, Medical,Medical Contraindication,Physical Agent Contraindication,Physical Agent Contraindications
D016032	Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic	Works about clinical trials that involve at least one test treatment and one control treatment, concurrent enrollment and follow-up of the test- and control-treated groups, and in which the treatments to be administered are selected by a random process, such as the use of a random-numbers table.	Clinical Trials, Randomized,Controlled Clinical Trials, Randomized,Trials, Randomized Clinical
D019102	Infant, Very Low Birth Weight	An infant whose weight at birth is less than 1500 grams (3.3 lbs), regardless of gestational age.	Very Low Birth Weight,Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infant,Infant, Very-Low-Birth-Weight,Infants, Very-Low-Birth-Weight,Very Low Birth Weight Infant,Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants
D020345	Enterocolitis, Necrotizing	ENTEROCOLITIS with extensive ulceration (ULCER) and NECROSIS. It is observed primarily in LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANT.	Necrotizing Enterocolitis