Body Composition in Preterm Infants: Current Insights and Emerging Perspectives

Children, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(1), P. 53 - 53

Published: Jan. 2, 2025

In recent years, significant advancements in respiratory and nutritional care have markedly improved the survival rates of preterm infants enhanced long-term health outcomes. Despite these improvements, emerging research highlights lasting impacts early growth patterns on an individual’s trajectory. Adults born prematurely face a higher incidence issues related to their birth. The American Academy Pediatrics recommends that should achieve similar those fetuses, with clinicians emphasizing nutrition delivery help reach expected weight for gestational age. However, this approach often results altered body composition, characterized by increased fat mass decreased fat-free compared full-term infants. Air displacement plethysmography stands out as highly reliable method measuring while DEXA scans, despite reliability, tend overestimate fat. Other methods include bioelectric impedance, isotope dilution, MRI, ultrasound, skinfold thickness, each its own strengths limitations. paper, we aim raise awareness among neonatal about importance achieving acceptable composition. We discuss pros cons different composition measurement methods, impact other factors infants, follow-up data, potential use data tailor interventions NICU post-discharge settings. This comprehensive is designed optimize outcomes newborns focusing from stage.

Language: Английский

Impact of Nutrient Intake on Body Composition in Very Low Birth Weight Infants Following Early Progressive Enteral Feeding

Published: April 16, 2024

Preterm infants have increased body adiposity at term equivalent age and risk for adverse metabolic outcomes. The aim of the study was to define how nutrient intake may impact composition (BC) very low birth weight fed with early progressive enteral feeding standard fortification. Eighty-six

Language: Английский