Growth and bone mineralisation in premature infants fed preterm formula or standard term formula after discharge in very low birth weight infants
JC Picaud, O Plan, O Pidoux, B Reygrobellet, M Lachambre, LD Van Egroo, F Chapuis, BL Salle, O Claris · Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie · 2006 · Heft 05
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Aim: There are still not enough informations to propose guidelines about post-discharge nutrition. We evaluated growth and bone mineralisation in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants fed preterm formula (PF) or standard term formula (TF). Methods: A double-blind prospective randomized study was performed in two tertiary car neonatal units. Subjects of 33 weeks or less were randomized at discharge (T0) to be fed a PF or a TF. Both formulas were commercially available formulas with macronutrient composition typical of PF or TF. They were fed PF or TF until one month after theoretical term (TT) (T1). Then, all subj…
