Protein and energy intake and nutritional evolution of preterm infants after hospital discharge: A longitudinal study.

摘要: Abstract Background Preterm infants, especially those with very low birth weight, are more susceptible to nutritional deficiencies and growth restriction after hospital discharge than term infants. Aims To investigate the association between energy protein intake evolution of preterm infants during first year life corrected age discharge. Study design This is a retrospective longitudinal study 131 born at high-risk neonatal clinic. Subjects Neonates Outcomes measures Growth was assessed by z-scores for weight- length-to age. Energy were caloric rate per kilogram body weight. Changes in evaluated according using linear mixed-effect models. Results We found that most followed-up children (62.3%) had an average daily Conclusion Individualized dietary plans should be based on continuous assessment weight gain.