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Development of the Infant Intestine: Implications for Nutrition Support
Author(s) -
Commare Coryn E.,
Tappenden Kelly A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0115426507022002159
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , intensive care medicine , parenteral nutrition , pediatrics , formula feeding , physiology , breast feeding , physics , optics
The incidence of preterm births has continued to increase over the past 25 years, and therefore the optimal feeding of these infants is an important clinical concern. This review focuses on intestinal development and physiology, with a particular emphasis on developmentally immature functions of the preterm intestine and the resulting implications for nutrition therapies used to feed the preterm infant.