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The use of a defined formula diet in infants with a “sick gut”
Author(s) -
THOMAS M. PAULA,
COSH DAVE G.,
SAVAGE JOE P.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1982.tb01998.x
Subject(s) - medicine , parenteral nutrition , sick child , infant formula , formula feeding , flexibility (engineering) , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , digestive tract , physiology , breast feeding , statistics , mathematics
ABSTRACT. A low osmolar modular defined formula diet has been successfully used in the treatment of 46 patients for a total treatment time in excess of 15 years. The diet is unique in that each constituent can be varied independently of any other, thus giving maximum flexibility in management. The diet is well tolerated in circumstances when the gastro‐intestinal tract is unable to tolerate other nutrients. Also it will support normal growth and development over lengthy periods. The use of this diet may lessen the need for the more invasive and potentially dangerous technique of parenteral nutrition.