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44 - Nutritional support of the asphyxiated infant

from Section 5 - Management of the depressed or neurologically dysfunctional neonate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2010

By
John A. Kerner
Edited by
David K. Stevenson ,
William E. Benitz ,
Philip Sunshine ,
Susan R. Hintz  and
Maurice L. Druzin
David K. Stevenson
Affiliation:
Stanford University School of Medicine, California
William E. Benitz
Affiliation:
Stanford University School of Medicine, California
Philip Sunshine
Affiliation:
Stanford University School of Medicine, California
Susan R. Hintz
Affiliation:
Stanford University School of Medicine, California
Maurice L. Druzin
Affiliation:
Stanford University School of Medicine, California
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Summary

Routine nutritional support of the premature infant

Optimal nutritional support is critical in helping to obtain a successful outcome for the ever-increasing number of surviving small premature infants. Although it is paramount to insure that the infant receives an adequate caloric intake, the ability of the very-low-birthweight (VLBW) infant to digest, absorb, and metabolize enteral nutrients is limited. In addition, complications of prematurity, such as respiratory distress, cardiovascular instability, hemorrhagic diatheses, and an immature renal system, create a challenge to the provision of proper nutritional support.

To provide nutrition to the premature infant appropriately, one must have an understanding of the biochemical and physiologic processes that occur during the development of the gastrointestinal tract. By 28 weeks of gestation the anatomic development of the gastrointestinal tract in humans is nearly complete. Yet, as an organ of nutrition, the gut is functionally immature. Details of gastrointestinal tract development have been described previously, and are summarized inTable 44.1. Further, complications due to the incomplete development of the gastrointestinal tract in the low-birthweight infant have been well delineated by Sunshine (Table 44.2).

Enteral feeding

Gastric feeding: intermittent gavage or continuous infusion

Nasogastric (NG) feeds may be given continuously or intermittently. Intermittent feeding, also known as gavage feeding, is easy to administer, and it is possible to evaluate the gastric emptying time by checking the gastric residual before each meal.

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Fetal and Neonatal Brain Injury , pp. 527 - 543
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Print publication year: 2009

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