The premature infant in outpatient care – Related resources
05.09.2012 • Sonuncu dəyişiklik 24.11.2016
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Cochrane reviews
- Cup feeding as a supplement to breastfeeding may have some benefits on breastfeeding rates up to 6 months of age compared to bottle feeding for preterm infants unable to fully breastfeed when transitioning from full nasogastric feeds to full breastfeeds .
- Prophylactic indomethacin has short-term benefits for preterm infants including a reduction in symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), PDA surgical ligation, and severe intraventricular haemorrhage, but does not have a substantial effect on mortality or neurodevelopmental outcomes .
- Feeding preterm infants following hospital discharge with multinutrient fortified breast milk compared with unfortified breast milk may not increase growth rates during infancy, but the effect on long term growth and development is unclear .
- Non-nutritive sucking (the use of pacifier) may decrease transition from gavage to full oral feeding and length of hospital stay in preterm infants .
- Kangaroo mother care appears to improve outcomes in low-birth-weight infants in developing countries .
- Early intervention programs for preterm infants appear to have a positive influence on cognitive and motor outcomes during infancy, with the cognitive benefits persisting into pre-school age .
- Physical activity programs may promote moderate short-term weight gain and bone mineralization in preterm infants .
- Protein containing synthetic surfactants and animal derived surfactant extracts have similar positive effects in reducing mortality and chronic lung disease in preterm infants .
- There is insufficient evidence from RCTs on the effect of taurine supplementation on growth and development in preterm and low birth weight infants .
- Feeding with formula milk, compared with donor breast milk appears to lead to higher rates of short-term growth in preterm or low birth weight infants, but is associated with an increased risk of developing necrotising enterocolitis .
Prophylactic surfactant treatment significantly reduces neonatal mortality compared to rescue surfactant .
Literature
- Kuschel CA, Harding JE. Protein supplementation of human milk for promoting growth in preterm infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000;(2):CD000433.