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Nutrition Intake and Outcomes for Premature Infants
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Nutrition Intake and Outcomes for Premature Infants

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 February 2025) | Viewed by 2606

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Pradeep Alur

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Penn State Health, Hampden Medical Center, Enola, PA 17025, USA
Interests: neonatal nutrition; sex differences in neonatal disease and outcomes; bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Dr. Naveed Hussain

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Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06032, USA
Interests: neonatal outcomes research; neonatal nutrition and feeding problems; global health- maternal and child
Dr. Sreekanth K Viswanathan

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Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Nemours Children’s Hospital, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL, USA
Interests: feeding; neonatology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The field of preterm nutrition has evolved significantly over the years, leading to improved outcomes. However, several challenges remain in improving the nutritional outcomes for extremely preterm infants with or without morbidities.

Thus, the following topics are in need of a renewed focus:

  1. Nutrient supplementation in preterm newborns: A notable area that requires attention is determining ideal nutrient supplementation (protein, calories, calcium, phosphorous, zinc, trace elements, etc.) for very-low-birthweight infants (VLBW) and premature infants. The debate around this issue is ongoing, and exploring various perspectives is crucial for making informed decisions.
  2. Transitional phase of nutrition: The change from placental to parenteral to full enteral nutrition during the initial transition to extrauterine life in premature infants has not been well studied. Published studies are scarce. The current state of knowledge in this area needs to be reviewed.
  3. Feeding problems in premature infants: The effect of feed type, composition, delivery, and oro-gastro-esophageal factors on establishing normal oral feeds is another area that has not been comprehensively studied. Original and review articles are required.
  4. Growth, nutrition, and optimal body composition: The assessment of growth and the sufficiency of nutritional intake for optimal growth and body composition in premature infants must be re-evaluated in light of the concerns related to the FOAD (Fetal Origins of Adult Disease) hypothesis.
  5. Special considerations in enteral nutrition: Topics such as feeding initiation, cue-based feeding, feeding strategies in bronchopulmonary dysplasia, optimal feed advancement strategies, and lacto-engineering are worth exploring.

Dr. Pradeep Alur
Dr. Naveed Hussain
Dr. Sreekanth K Viswanathan
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • preterm
  • nutrition
  • body composition
  • growth
  • transition phase of nutrition

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Vitamin D: What We Know and What We Still Do Not Know About Vitamin D in Preterm Infants—A Literature Review
by Ioana Andrada Radu, Maria Livia Ognean, Laura Ștef, Doina Ileana Giurgiu, Manuela Cucerea and Cristian Gheonea
Children 2025, 12(3), 392; https://doi.org/10.3390/children12030392 - 20 Mar 2025
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Background/Objectives: Preterm infants represent a population group at increased risk for vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and for its negative impact on various outcomes like metabolic bone disease or rickets, respiratory complications like respiratory distress syndrome and the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, necrotizing enterocolitis, [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: Preterm infants represent a population group at increased risk for vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and for its negative impact on various outcomes like metabolic bone disease or rickets, respiratory complications like respiratory distress syndrome and the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, necrotizing enterocolitis, or retinopathy of prematurity. Methods: Despite the growing interest in vitamin D research, there is still uncertainty regarding clear recommendations for each high-risk category of premature infants concerning the optimal dosage, optimal product, and timing for initiating vitamin D supplementation to prevent VDD. Results: An analysis of the literature suggests that early intervention for the optimal enteral supplementation of vitamin D is not only successful in achieving higher 25-hydroxi-vitamin D (25(OH)D) at one month but is also linked with improved outcomes. Conclusions: The traditional concepts and current recommendations for assessing vitamin D status and optimal supplementation need to be revised. Since parenteral nutrition, fortified mothers’ own milk, and special formula for preterm infants cannot provide adequate vitamin D levels, initiating oral supplementation soon after birth is essential to correct VDD in preterm infants. Full article
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Postnatal Growth Assessment of the Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Infant
by Kera McNelis, Melissa Thoene, Katie A. Huff, Ting Ting Fu, Zaineh Alja’nini and Sreekanth Viswanathan
Children 2025, 12(2), 197; https://doi.org/10.3390/children12020197 - 6 Feb 2025
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Preterm birth represents a nutritional emergency and a sudden dissociation of the maternal–placental–fetal unit that regulates metabolic and endocrine physiology. Growth demonstrates health and is a signal of physiological well-being. Growth is expensive for a critically ill infant and possible only after other [...] Read more.
Preterm birth represents a nutritional emergency and a sudden dissociation of the maternal–placental–fetal unit that regulates metabolic and endocrine physiology. Growth demonstrates health and is a signal of physiological well-being. Growth is expensive for a critically ill infant and possible only after other homeostasis energy demands are met. Despite an expert-stated goal that preterm infants should grow at a similar rate to their gestational age-matched fetal counterparts, this is not the reality for many preterm infants. Other investigators have proposed new metrics for growth quality in the neonatal intensive care unit. This review discusses growth assessment and standards in very-low-birth-weight infants and attempts to address the knowledge gap of which growth metrics are the most important to monitor. Full article
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