Early nutrition and weight gain in preterm newborns and the risk of retinopathy of prematurity. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVE: To identify nutritional and weight gain limitations associated with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) severity among very preterm newborns. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 1180 infants <28 weeks GA at birth with ROP examination results were grouped and analyzed by quartile of weekly total calorie, carbohydrate, protein, and lipid intake, as well as growth velocity between postnatal days 7 and 28 (adjusted for GA and birth weight Z-score). ROP was categorized by development of no, mild (

publication date

  • May 29, 2013

Research

keywords

  • Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Infant, Extremely Premature
  • Retinopathy of Prematurity
  • Weight Gain

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3667175

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84878438788

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1371/journal.pone.0064325

PubMed ID

  • 23734194

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 8

issue

  • 5