Evaluation of Nutritional Status in a Teaching Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Background:Extrauterine growth restriction remains a common and serious problem in newborns especially who are small, immature, and critically ill. Very low birth weight infants (VLBW) had 97% and 40% growth failure at 36 weeks and 18-22 months post-conceptual age respectively. The postnatal develop...

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Main Authors: Mohammadreza Rafati, Maryam Nakhshab, Vagihe Ghaffari, Mohammadreza Mahdavi, Mustafa Sharifi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2015-02-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Neonatology
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Online Access:http://ijn.mums.ac.ir/pdf_3138_ef5313dc29369273fa26b5a6ae06d164.html