A practical approach for nutritional assessment in preterm infants under intensive care,
based on anthropometric measurements and commonly used biochemical markers, is …

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) remains the most common severe complication of
preterm birth, and nutrition plays a crucial role in lung growth and repair. A practical …

Background: International guidelines suggest that growth of preterm infants should match
intrauterine rates. However, the trajectory for extrauterine growth may deviate from the birth …

Aim: This study aimed to compare the recently published prescriptive INTERGROWTH-21st
standards with commonly used intrauterine based Fenton growth standards in terms of birth …

Objectives: There are several factors that influence the postnatal growth of preterm infants. It
is crucial to define how to evaluate the growth rate of each preterm child and its individual …

Preterm birth, 90% of which occurs between 32 and< 37 weeks' gestation, 1 2 is a complex
heterogeneous syndrome interlinked with the stillbirth and intrauterine growth restriction …

Background Extrauterine growth retardation is a common problem in preterm, very-low-birth-
weight (VLBW) babies, as well as paucity of growth charts that follow their postnatal growth …

Approximately 15 million babies are born preterm across the world every year, with less than
37 completed weeks of gestation. Survival rates increased during the last decades with the …

Luis Pereira-da-Silva a, b Daniel Virella a, ba Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Hospital de
Dona Estefânia, and b Research Unit, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal …

Levels of evidence (LoE) and recommendation grades (RG) used in the updated guidelines
of the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition …