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Review
. 2024 Oct;39(5):1094-1101.
doi: 10.1002/ncp.11176. Epub 2024 Jun 17.

Use of technology in neonatal nutrition

Cristina Miller  1 , Erin Plummer  1 , Jenna Platek  2 , Steffi Arneson  2
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Review

Use of technology in neonatal nutrition

Cristina Miller et al. Nutr Clin Pract. 2024 Oct.

Abstract

There have been rapidly expanding uses of technology to enhance and improve nutrition in our smallest patients. Optimized nutrition in the neonatal patient is linked to improved outcomes, specifically neurodevelopmental outcomes and decreased length of stay. Despite advances in neonatal care that have improved survival, many patients being discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit are doing so with poor postnatal growth. Because the neonatal brain doubles in size from 20 weeks gestation to term, it is essential to focus care efforts on nutrition to optimize brain growth and development. This review focuses on three exciting areas of neonatal research, including the analysis of macronutrients in breast milk, measurement of body composition, and use of telemedicine.

Keywords: macronutrients in breast milk; neonatal body composition; neonatal home monitoring; neonatal nutrition; nutrition technology.

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