Strategies for feeding to small for gestational age newborns / 中国小儿急救医学

ABSTRACT

Feeding small for gestational age newborns is extremely challenging for the neonatologist. Awareness that these babies are at high risk for feeding intolerance and necrotising enterocolitis has led to a common practice of delaying the introduction of enteral feeds.Nevertheless,prolonging enteral fasting after birth is not justified on the basis of necrotising enterocolitis incidence or feeding tolerance.This review will focuse on the optimum timing for introduction of enteral feeding,increasing the amount of feeding,the importance of breastfeeding,feeding method,feeding intolerance and necrotising enterocolitis in small for gestational age infants.