Nutritional Support for Moderate-to-Late–Preterm Infants — A Randomized Trial
Tanith Alexander, Sharin Asadi, Michael P. Meyer, Jane E. Harding, Yannan Jiang, Jane M. Alsweiler +2 more
New England Journal of Medicine
Abstract
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.).