Nutrition & Feeding

Dear colleagues, I would love to read your thoughts on how you manage moderate/late preterm infants admitted in the NICU who do not have enough mother's milk. How do you feed them? Do you prefer to keep them on IV fluids/PN until MOM is available? Do you have unlimited donor milk to use for every baby? How is your level of concern about cow's milk allergy (CMA)? I work in a teaching hospital in South Brazil and I'm an enthusiast (aren't we all?) on improving breastfeeding rates in the NICU. How things work here: we have a limited resource of human donor milk, so we prioritize it to newborns under 32 weeks (when MOM is not available, of course). For babies older than that,…

Dear colleagues, We are a medium sized hospital in Germany with a donor milk bank. We are managing the procedures manually right now and are looking for a digital /software solution. Any suggestions for a usable software? Yours Nele Howold

Is there any good quality evidence around probiotics and reduction or increase in infections in neonates?

So thankful to Dandlelion Medical for this opportunity on May 8, 2025. Over 1500 NICU clinicians registered for this FREE live presentation and now it is available online for FREE CEU's at https://dandlelionmedical.com/webinars/

Do you use mct oil in feeding premature babies?

What I would like neonatologists to know about the Norwegian RCT on Immediate SSC for Very Preterm Neonates A recent randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open challenges assumptions about the neurodevelopmental impact of immediate skin-to-skin contact (SSC) for very preterm infants (28–31 weeks’ gestation). Conducted across three Norwegian neonatal units (2014–2020), the study compared 2 hours of SSC in the delivery room versus standard incubator care, following 108 stable preterm neonates until age 2–3 years. While the primary outcome—neurodevelopmental scores on the Bayley-III—showed no difference between groups, the trial confirmed SSC’s significant ben…

Is there any role of DHA supplements in preterm babies especially ELBW

When an ELBW neonate is on Amino acid infusion what is the upper limit of blood Urea that must be considered before stopping or reducing the amino acid infusion

This is an illustrative example of social inequalities - how breastfeeding rates vary by socioeconomic/-demographic factors in the UK. What do you think about it? My personal thoughts - the neonatal community need to be aware and take this into account when counseling etc, but (IMHO) this boils down political strategies how to overcome societal gaps (so a difficult perspective!) And (again IMHO), this is not UK-specific results, they are probably generalizable to most context (Sweden, for sure!) ADC Fetal & Neonatal EditionAssociation between maternal sociodemographic characteris...Objective To ascertain the sociodemographic and geographical determinants of exclusive …

I wanted to share a link to a short survey done by Sara Bjurman, a fellows I supervise. It only takes a few minutes to complete and the link is https://forms.office.com/e/0rbYem4Bwg Find the intro-info below: