Postnatal Growth Assessment of the Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Infant
Preterm birth represents a nutritional emergency and a sudden dissociation of the maternal–placental–fetal unit that regulates metabolic and endocrine physiology. Growth demonstrates health and is a signal of physiological well-being. Growth is expensive for a critically ill infant and possible only...
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| author | Kera McNelis Melissa Thoene Katie A. Huff Ting Ting Fu Zaineh Alja’nini Sreekanth Viswanathan |
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| description | Preterm birth represents a nutritional emergency and a sudden dissociation of the maternal–placental–fetal unit that regulates metabolic and endocrine physiology. Growth demonstrates health and is a signal of physiological well-being. Growth is expensive for a critically ill infant and possible only after other homeostasis energy demands are met. Despite an expert-stated goal that preterm infants should grow at a similar rate to their gestational age-matched fetal counterparts, this is not the reality for many preterm infants. Other investigators have proposed new metrics for growth quality in the neonatal intensive care unit. This review discusses growth assessment and standards in very-low-birth-weight infants and attempts to address the knowledge gap of which growth metrics are the most important to monitor. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-78ec57c22cc643c594041df07674530c2025-08-20T02:44:35ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672025-02-0112219710.3390/children12020197Postnatal Growth Assessment of the Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm InfantKera McNelis0Melissa Thoene1Katie A. Huff2Ting Ting Fu3Zaineh Alja’nini4Sreekanth Viswanathan5Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30322, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USADivision of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Children’s Health, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USADivision of Neonatology, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USADivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Mercy Kids Children’s Hospital, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Springfield, MO 65212, USANemours Children’s Hospital, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL 32827, USAPreterm birth represents a nutritional emergency and a sudden dissociation of the maternal–placental–fetal unit that regulates metabolic and endocrine physiology. Growth demonstrates health and is a signal of physiological well-being. Growth is expensive for a critically ill infant and possible only after other homeostasis energy demands are met. Despite an expert-stated goal that preterm infants should grow at a similar rate to their gestational age-matched fetal counterparts, this is not the reality for many preterm infants. Other investigators have proposed new metrics for growth quality in the neonatal intensive care unit. This review discusses growth assessment and standards in very-low-birth-weight infants and attempts to address the knowledge gap of which growth metrics are the most important to monitor.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/12/2/197critical illnessinfantnewborninfantvery low birth weightintensive care units |
| spellingShingle | Kera McNelis Melissa Thoene Katie A. Huff Ting Ting Fu Zaineh Alja’nini Sreekanth Viswanathan Postnatal Growth Assessment of the Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Infant Children critical illness infant newborn infant very low birth weight intensive care units |
| title | Postnatal Growth Assessment of the Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Infant |
| title_full | Postnatal Growth Assessment of the Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Infant |
| title_fullStr | Postnatal Growth Assessment of the Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Infant |
| title_full_unstemmed | Postnatal Growth Assessment of the Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Infant |
| title_short | Postnatal Growth Assessment of the Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Infant |
| title_sort | postnatal growth assessment of the very low birth weight preterm infant |
| topic | critical illness infant newborn infant very low birth weight intensive care units |
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