Nutritional Support for Moderate-to-Late-Preterm Infants - A Randomized Trial.

Tanith AlexanderSharin AsadiMichael MeyerJane E HardingYannan JiangJane Marie AlsweilerMariana MuelbertFrank Harry Bloomfieldnull null

Published in: The New England journal of medicine (2024)

This trial of routine nutrition interventions to support moderate-to-late-preterm infants until full nutrition with mother's breast milk was possible did not show any effects on the time to full enteral feeding or on body composition at 4 months of corrected gestational age. (Funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand and others; DIAMOND Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry number, ACTRN12616001199404.).

Keyphrases

preterm infants
body composition
gestational age
clinical trial
physical activity
low birth weight
birth weight
resistance training
preterm birth
high intensity
phase ii
bone mineral density
phase iii
study protocol
clinical practice
open label
randomized controlled trial