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FEEDING AND NUTRITION IN THE PRETERM INFANT
Feeding and Nutrition in the Preterm Infant
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By
Elizabeth Jones, MPhil, Breastfeeding Specialist (Neonatal Unit), North Staffordshire Hospital (NHS) Trust, UK
Caroline King, BSc(Hons), SRD, Chief Dietician (Paediatrics), Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

Description
A practical handbook for healthcare professionals that covers all aspects of pre-term nutrition, using evidence-based information to promote safe and effective practice. Readers will discover problem-solving strategies, interventions, and information on meeting the nutritional requirements of pre-term infants.

Audience
Midwives; paediatric dieticians; neonatal nurses; paediatricians and neonatologists; health visitors; primary care physicians.

Contents
Chapter 1. Benefits of Human Milk for the Preterm Baby

Chapter 2. Nutritional Requirements

Chapter 3. Ensuring Nutritional Adequacy of Human Milk Fed Preterm Babies

Chapter 4. Mammary Anatomy and Physiology

Chapter 5. Milk Expression

Chapter 6. Milk Banking

Chapter 7. Enteral Feeding

Chapter 8. Monitoring Growth and Outcome

Chapter 9. Feeding Development

Chapter 10. Transition from Tube to Breast

Chapter 11. Feeding Problems

Chapter 12. Benchmarking, Standards, Audit and Education

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Resources

Index


Bibliographic details
Paperback, 228 pages, publication date: SEP-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07378-6
ISBN-10: 0-443-07378-3
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE


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