Tag Archives: Parenteral Nutrition

How much protein should we provide to the preterm in the first days of life?

Posted on 11 November 2022 by Keith Barrington

Extremely preterm infants become catabolic rapidly after birth, with the sudden interruption of their trans-placental nutrient supply to the fetus, who becomes a baby that has tiny stores of fat or glycogen. We progressed in neonatology from starving preterm babies … Continue reading →

When should we start Parenteral Nutrition?

Posted on 21 August 2020 by Keith Barrington

Following on from the previous post: This all brings me to a larger and very thorny issue, which is whether we should even be routinely starting parenteral nutrition (PN) immediately after birth at all! I hate to discuss this, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Neonatal Research | Tagged enteral feeding, nutrition, Parenteral Nutrition, Randomized Controlled Trials | 2 Comments

How much Intravenous lipid should we start with?

Posted on 20 August 2020 by Keith Barrington

Since I started neonatology (just a little over 5 years ago…) we have given intravenous lipid emulsions starting at low doses and progressively increasing. As a reminder to everyone, when intralipid (as I will call it to refer to all … Continue reading →