A study on the effects of extensively hydrolyzed formula for very/extremely low birth weight infants / 中国新生儿科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effects of extensively hydrolyzed formula forvery/extremely low birth weight(VLBW/ELBW)infants.Methods From Jun.2013 to Oct.2015,78VLBW/ELBW infants admitted to our hospital within 12 hours of birth were randomly assigned into two groupshydrolyzed protein formula feeding group ( hydrolyzed formula group) and preterm formula feeding group (control group). Infants with hospital stay <28 days were excluded. Prospective study was conducted between two groups comparing the duration of meconium discharge, the time required for total enteral feeding average hospital stay, feeding intolerance and physical growth and blood biochemical indices on the28thday.Results A total of 78 infants were enrolled,35 in hydrolyzed formula group and 43 in control group. Comparing with control group, feeding intolerance in hydrolyzed formula group was significantly lower ( 25. 7℅ vs. 72. 0℅) . The duration of meconium discharge [ ( 4. 9 ± 0. 8 ) d vs. (8. 8 ± 1. 6)d], the time required for total enteral feeding[(13. 4 ± 2. 0) d vs. (18. 9 ± 2. 6) d] and average hospital stay duration [ ( 33. 7 ± 5. 1 ) d vs. ( 41. 8 ± 6. 8 ) d ] was shorter in hydrolyzed formula group ( P<0. 05). The body length on the 28th day in hydrolyzed formula group was longer than control group[ (43. 8 ± 1. 2 ) cm vs. ( 42. 6 ± 2. 0 ) cm, P < 0. 05 ] . The concentration of serum albumin [ (32. 5 ± 3. 0 ) g/L vs. ( 30. 0 ± 4. 5 ) g/L ] and hemoglobin [ ( 112. 4 ± 11. 4 ) g/L vs. ( 106. 3 ± 13. 0) g/L] in hydrolyzed formula group were significantly higher than the control group( P<0. 05). No significant difference was found between the two groups regarding the time required returning to birth weight [(10. 9 ±2. 2)d vs. (10. 1 ±1. 7)d],body weight [(1759 ±107)g vs. (1627 ±435)g], head circumference[(30. 3 ± 1. 0)cm vs. (29. 7 ± 1. 6)cm] on the 28th day and the incidence of extrauterine growthretardation(EUGR)(40.0℅vs.44.1℅)atdischarge.Conclusions Comparing with preterm formula feeding, early feeding with extensively hydrolyzed formula can reduce the incidence of feeding intolerance on VLBW/ELBW infants. Extensively hydrolyzed formula also can accelerate meconium discharge, reduce hospital stay duration and the time required for total enteral feeding. But the growth of weight and head circumference on the 28th day and the incidence of EUGR at discharge were not altered by extensively hydrolyzed formula.