Clinical effect of extensively hydrolyzed formula in preterm infants: an analysis of 327 cases

• Published in: Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi Vol. 19; no. 8; p. 856
• Main Authors: He, Wei, Pan, Jia-Hua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.08.2017
• Subjects: Breast Feeding; Enteral Nutrition; Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - prevention & control; Female; Humans; Infant Formula; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature; Male; Retrospective Studies; Serum Albumin - analysis
• ISSN: 1008-8830
• DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2017.08.003

To investigate the effect and safety of extensively hydrolyzed formula (EHF) in preterm infants. A total of 692 preterm infants between January 2007 and December 2016 were enrolled as subjects. According to the feeding pattern, they were divided into EHF group (327 infants) and standard preterm formula (SPF) group (365 infants). A retrospective analysis was performed for their clinical data during hospitalization, including the incidence of feeding intolerance, time to establish full enteral feeding, time to first excretion of meconium, time to complete excretion of meconium, presence or absence of intestinal infection or neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), serum albumin level within 3 weeks after admission, and time to the appearance of skin jaundice and its duration. There were no significant differences between the two groups in the starting time of breastfeeding, time to first excretion of meconium, time to the appearance of skin jaundice, serum albumin level at weeks 1 and 2 after admission, and ti