Perinatal growth and nutrition / 
edited by Ian J. Griffin 
 - xvi, 326 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Section 1. Causes and assessment of ex utero growth restriction in preterm infants -- section 2. The effects of in utero and ex utero growth in term and preterm infants -- section 3. Can we be better? Reducing ex utero growth restriction in preterm infants 
<br/><br/> "Preface Humans, like all mammals, have an inborn desire to nurture and suckle their young and the act of feeding is important for the bonding between mother and child. The birth of a critically ill preterm infant disrupts this, but for a mother, the use of her milk to feed her infant may be the most tangible role she has in the medical care of her critically sick child. Parents and caregivers see growth and feeding as important milestones first demonstrating increasing stability, then signaling the start of recovery, and finally showing readiness for discharge home. Despite our intuitive and emotional connection with growth, preterm infants grow poorly after birth and very commonly develop ex utero growth restriction (EUGR) or postnatal growth failure. There are many reasons for this including the associated medical conditions of prematurity, but inadequate nutrient intake plays a large part. This results both from technical difficulties in providing adequate nutrition, and from fears about the complications associated with doing so, including metabolic derangements such as hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia, and diseases such as necrotizing enterocolitis. At the time of hospital discharge, many preterm infants are profoundly growth retarded, and their average weight is as little as 70% of that expected for their peers who were not born prematurely. Preterm infants show variable amounts of catchup growth after discharge, but typically remain smaller than the term-born peers throughout childhood and adolescence. This pattern of early growth restriction followed by variable amounts of catch-up growth has drawn parallels with the in utero growth restricted (IUGR), small-forgestational age, infant"--Provided by publisher 
<br/><br/> Department of Community & Family Medicine  Department of Community & Family Medicine  Department of Child Health 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781466558533 1466558539 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014001362 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Premature infants--Nutrition<br/>Premature infants--Growth<br/>Infants--Nutrition<br/>Infants--Growth<br/>Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena<br/>Infant, Premature--growth & development<br/>Fetal Development<br/>Infant, Newborn--growth & development<br/>Metabolic Diseases--etiology<br/>Nutritional Requirements
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RJ 216  / .G753 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>618.92/01 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2014 I-368 WS 120