期刊
NUTRIENTS
卷 13, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu13072289
关键词
enteral; feeding; preterm; nutrition; growth; development
This article discusses the preferred method of nutrient provision for preterm infants and the benefits of early enteral feeding in enhancing nutrient delivery and promoting development. It also suggests methods to improve clinical enteral delivery and highlights the impact of early enteral feeding on preterm infant health, including enhancing micronutrient delivery, promoting intestinal and brain development, and reducing inflammation.
Enteral feeding is the preferred method of nutrient provision for preterm infants. Though parenteral nutrition remains an alternative to provide critical nutrition after preterm delivery, the literature suggests that enteral feeding still confers significant nutritional and non-nutritional benefits. Therefore, the purpose of this narrative review is to summarize health and clinical benefits of early enteral feeding within the first month of life in preterm infants. Likewise, this review also proposes methods to improve enteral delivery in clinical care, including a proposal for decision-making of initiation and advancement of enteral feeding. An extensive literature review assessed enteral studies in preterm infants with subsequent outcomes. The findings support the early initiation and advancement of enteral feeding impact preterm infant health by enhancing micronutrient delivery, promoting intestinal development and maturation, stimulating microbiome development, reducing inflammation, and enhancing brain growth and neurodevelopment. Clinicians must consider these short- and long-term implications when caring for preterm infants.
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