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The influence of nutrition on neonatal respiratory muscle function

Intensive Care Medicine volume 18, pages 105–108 (1992)Cite this article

Abstract

Advances in neonatal intensive care have resulted in increasing survival of very small babies, who often require prolonged periods of mechanical ventilation. These babies have limited nutritional reserves, and are difficult to feed by either parenteral or enteral routes. This review article discusses the interaction between undernutrition and respiratory muscle function in the critically ill preterm baby.

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  1. Neonatal Unit, Royal Maternity Hospital, Grosvenor Road, BT 12 6BJ, Belfast, Northern Ireland

    D. C. Wilson, G. McClure & J. A. Dodge

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    D. C. Wilson, G. McClure & J. A. Dodge

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Wilson, D.C., McClure, G. & Dodge, J.A. The influence of nutrition on neonatal respiratory muscle function. Intensive Care Med 18, 105–108 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01705042

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Key words

  • Very low birthweight infant
  • Nutrition
  • Respiratory muscles
  • Mechanical ventilation
  • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia