Nutrition Intake and Outcomes in Extremely Low Birth-Weight Infants
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Neonatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 December 2024 | Viewed by 77
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The effect of early nutrition and growth, and specifically the determination of the optimal time and rate of catch-up growth, could represent key factors in the comprehension of the mechanisms related to the risk of obesity in childhood or puberty.
Growth faltering attributed to inadequate provision of nutrition is common in infants born prematurely, and optimal postnatal growth is associated with improved clinical as well as neurodevelopmental outcomes. Initiation of parenteral nutrition in very low birth-weight preterm infants, using either individualized or standardized parenteral nutrition, is of paramount importance. Early initiation of adequate energy, protein, fat, and mineral intake is needed for nutritional transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life. Concomitant with parenteral nutrition, early initiation of trophic enteral feeding is recommended, primarily using the mother's own milk.
Pursuing this aim, this Special Issue will include manuscripts focused on approaches to the standardization of methodologies for the early evaluation of preterm infants in order to more effectively follow-up their early postnatal growth, body composition and early nutrition.
Dr. Prabhu S. Parimi
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Children is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- premature infant
- early nutrition
- long-term health
- human milk
- extremely low birth-weight infants
