Heiter Julia, Konow Juliane, Koch Jochim, Singer Dominique, Ebenebe Chinedu Ulrich
Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Children's Hospital, Itzehoe, Germany.
Front Pediatr. 2024 Nov 5;12:1469724. doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1469724. eCollection 2024.
Providing adequate nutrition to preterm infants to achieve postnatal growth similar to intrauterine growth remains challenging due to the unpredictability of individual determinants.
We used a calculation program for infant incubators to compare the estimated heat balance with the caloric intake and growth rate in Very Low Birth Weight Infants (VLBWI).
A group of 32 VLBWI was studied over a period of 14-28 days. An interrelationship between thermal equilibrium and growth rate was observed, with standardized incubator settings being unable to avoid periods of negative thermal balance and concomitantly poor growth rate.
Determining personalized incubator settings by means of a calculation program could help improve nutrition and growth in preterm infants.
由于个体决定因素的不可预测性,为早产婴儿提供充足营养以实现与宫内生长相似的出生后生长仍然具有挑战性。
我们使用了一种婴儿培养箱计算程序,以比较极低出生体重婴儿(VLBWI)的估计热平衡与热量摄入及生长速率。
对一组32名极低出生体重婴儿进行了为期14至28天的研究。观察到热平衡与生长速率之间存在相互关系,标准化的培养箱设置无法避免负热平衡期以及随之而来的低生长速率。
通过计算程序确定个性化的培养箱设置有助于改善早产婴儿的营养和生长情况。