Nutrition and Growth of Preterm Neonates during Hospitalization: Impact on Childhood Outcomes
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Nutrition".
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Special Issue Editors
Interests: neonatal nutrition; early nCPAP; gut motility; long lines; late outcome of very preterm
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2. Department of Neonatology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece
Interests: neonatal nutrition; growth patterns of preterm; neonatal hemostasis; neonatal sepsis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Extrauterine growth delay in premature neonates is linked with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in later life. According to Barker’s hypothesis, LBW neonates have increased risks of coronary heart disease, hypertension and type 2 diabetes in adult life.
Very premature neonates lack optimal postnatal growth in their ‘third trimester’ of life, due to a combination of factors, including issues with feeding, gut immaturity and high energy requirements (RDS, infections, and rapid brain growth).
As a result, the first few weeks after birth are characterised by a mismatch between the nutritional needs and nutritional intake of premature neonates, which is much more pronounced for the sickest neonates among them. Since the early 2000s, enteral and parenteral feeding policies have changed, in an effort to address the aforementioned problem.
However, the accumulation of an energy and macronutrient deficit is continuing, resulting in extrauterine growth retardation (EUGR) in 33–68% of VLBW infants.
On the other hand, there continues to be controversy in the neonatal community, regarding both the definition of EUGR and what constitutes the ‘optimal’ nutrition and growth of a premature neonate, with the least adverse impact in childhood and adult life.
We aim for this Special Issue to include research and reviews pertaining to these controversies, and provide insights into the nutrition, growth charts and development of the whole spectrum of premature neonates, along with the effect of those on their childhood outcomes.
Prof. Dr. Antonios K. Gounaris
Dr. Rozeta Sokou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- preterm neonates
- early nutrition
- suboptimal postnatal growth
- postnatal growth restriction
- extrauterine growth retardation
- growth charts
- metabolic syndrome
- childhood outcomes
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