Section 1. Causes and assessment of ex utero growth restriction in preterm infants -- section 2. The effects of in utero and ex utero growth in term and preterm infants -- section 3. Can we be better? Reducing ex utero growth restriction in preterm infants
Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Additional Files; About the Editor; Contributors; Section 1. Causes and assessment of ex utero growth restriction in preterm infants ; Chapter 1: Growth Charts for Preterm Infants and Related Tools for Growth Monitoring; Chapter 2: Assessment of Short- and Medium-Term Outcomes in Preterm Infants; Chapter 3: Causes of Postnatal Growth Failure in Preterm Infants; Section I Conclusions; Chapter 4: Fetal and Postnatal Growth, and the Risks of Metabolic Syndrome in the AGA and SGA Term Infant; Chapter 5: Effect of Postnatal Growth in the Large-for-Gestational-Age Infants; Chapter 6: Postnatal Growth Failure in Preterm Infants : Metabolic Outcomes
Chapter 7: Postnatal Growth in Preterm Infants : Neurodevelopmental EffectsSection II Conclusions; Chapter 8: Assessing Nutritional Requirements for Preterm Infants; Chapter 9: Meeting Nutritional Goals : Computer-Aided Prescribing of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition; Chapter 10: Customize or Generalize? Or the Imperfect Art of Fortifying Human Milk; Chapter 11: Customized Fortification of Human Milk; Chapter 12: Mathematical Description of Postnatal Growth : Z-Scores and Statistical Control Process Analysis; Section III Conclusions; Back Cover
Summary
Preterm infants grow poorly after birth and very commonly develop ex utero growth restriction (EUGR). However, the risks and benefits of catch-up growth in preterm infants must be weighed, and evidence addressing this warrants examination. Perinatal Growth and Nutrition explores the reasons for EUGR and the long-term effects on developmental outcome and on metabolic risks. It provides clear information on the risks and benefits of faster post-natal growth and catch-up growth in preterm infants and offers tools for better assessment of growth and earlier identification of falte
