Main description:

Survival of extremely premature neonates has improved significantly following the advances in neonatal intensive care. Extrauterine growth restriction is a serious issue in this population. Nutritional exposures during critical period of life influence the individual's risk of disease throughout life. Nutritional deficit and poor growth are associated with long term neurodevelopmental impairment, short stature and metabolic disorders in extremely preterm neonates. Optimising nutrition in the early postnatal life of the preterm neonate is therefore a priority. However this is easier said than done considering the frequency of feed intolerance, fear of necrotising enterocolitis, and the hesitancy in adopting an aggressive approach to parenteral nutrition in this population. Some of the finest researchers in the field have come together to provide the clinical perspective on the A to Z of nutrition in the preterm neonate in simple and clear fashion in this book.

Contents:

Part I: Developmental physiology of the GIT and feed intolerance

1. Developmental physiology of the GIT and feed intolerance; Sanjay Patole

Part II: Enteral nutrition

2. Minimal enteral nutrition; Akhil Maheshwari
3. Strategies for feed intolerance; Sanjay Patole
4. Prevention and treatment of necrotising enterocolitis; Sanjay Patole
5. Aggressive enteral nutrition; Sanjay Patole
6. Osteopenia of prematurity; Suresh Birajdar, Mary Sharp
7. Gastroesophageal reflux; Keith Barrington
8. Breast milk additives, and infant formula; Jill Sheriff, Gemma McLeod
9. Post discharge nutrition for high-risk preterm neonates; Gemma McLeod, Jill Sheriff

Part III: Parenteral nutrition

10. History, principles and practice of parenteral nutrition; Stan Dudrick
11. Intravenous lipid emulsions; Girish Deshpande
12. Amino acids; Hans Goudoever
13. Aggressive parenteral nutrition; Karen Simmer

Part IV: Catch up growth / Developmental origin of adult diseases

14. Catch up growth / Developmental origin of adult diseases; Nic Embleton

Part V: Monitoring growth and development

15. Monitoring growth and development; A/Prof Rao

Part VI: Breast milk, breast feeding, and donor milk banks

16. Role of breast milk; Jacqueline Kent
17. Breast feeding the preterm infant; Donna Geddes
18. Donor human milk banking; Ben Hartmann

Part VII: Nutrition in specific conditions

19. Feeding the neonate with intrauterine growth restriction; Flavia Indrio
20. Intestinal failure-Short bowel syndrome; Jatinder Bhatia
21. Nutrition in chronic lung disease; Noa Ofek, Sanjay Patole