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Growth and Metabolic Response of Healthy Low Birth‐Weight Newborns Fed a Semi‐Elemental Diet
Author(s) -
Pardou Anne,
Brion Luc
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607183007002121
Subject(s) - elemental diet , low birth weight , medicine , birth weight , zoology , physiology , parenteral nutrition , endocrinology , food science , biology , pregnancy , genetics
Twelve normal low birth‐weight newborns weighing between 1100 and 1765 grams (means ± SD, 1614 ± 191) were fed by continuous intragastric drip a semi‐elemental diet, providing per kilogram and per day 120 kilocalories, 2.9 grams of proteins, 17.5 grams of carbohydrates, 4.2 grams of fat and 2.4 milliequivalents of sodium. The diet contained a lactalbumin hydrolysate, dextrin maltose, and medium and long chain triglycerides. The newborns regained their birthweight between 6 and 16 days (mean ± SD, 10.4 ± 3.1) and gained 14 to 37 grams/day (mean ± SD, 25.4 ± 6.8) during the first month of life. The diet proved to be safe and clinically well‐tolerated in low birth‐weight infants and induced a weight gain similar to the intrauterine growth, once the birthweight had been regained.