The revised and updated second edition covers practical approaches to caring for healthy and high-risk infants. Available for purchase at https://www.aap.org/neonatalogy-for-primary-care-2nd-edition-paperback/
Chapter 10: Optimizing Nutrition for the Preterm, Very Low-Birth-Weight Infant After Discharge From Neonatal Intensive Care
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Published:January 2020
Lisa M. Stellwagen, MD, FAAP, Jae H. Kim, MD, PhD, FAAP, Nancy M. Hurst, RN, PhD, IBCLC, 2020. "Optimizing Nutrition for the Preterm, Very Low-Birth-Weight Infant After Discharge From Neonatal Intensive Care", Neonatology for Primary Care, Deborah E. Campbell, MD, FAAP
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Neonatal intensive care has rapidly evolved over recent decades, leading to improved survival rates for the smallest preterm newborns. These infants are discharged home after lengthy and complex hospital stays, and many have residual respiratory and nutritional challenges. In ideal family-centered care environments, parents participate in daily infant care needs, including progression to full oral feedings (breast and/or bottle) before returning home. Typically, this involves learning to understand and support the infant’s special feeding needs, from both oral motor and nutritive perspectives. Many families are not completely prepared for or confident about the ongoing struggles of feeding these fragile infants...
