Impact of a standardised parenteral nutrition protocol: a quality improvement experience from a NICU of a developing country.

Gul AmbreenVikram KumarSyed Rehan AliUswa JiwaniWaqar KhowajaAli Shabbir HussainKashif HussainSyed Shamim RazaArjumand RizviUzair AnsariKhalil AhmadSimon DemasShabina Ariff

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood (2021)

We found that SPN was associated with shorter NICU stay and greater weight gain. In-house preparation of SPN can be used to address the nutritional needs in resource-limited settings where commercially prepared SPN is not available.

Keyphrases

weight gain
preterm infants
body mass index
birth weight
randomized controlled trial
weight loss
molecularly imprinted