Publication: Health-care professionals’ approach in feeding term small-for-gestational age infants and its potential implications to later growth outcomes
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2018-04-01
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14401754
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10344810
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Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. Vol.54, No.4 (2018), 370-376
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Le Ye Lee, Leilani Muhardi, Fook Choe Cheah, Sarayut Supapannachart, Inga C. Teller, Jacques Bindels, Eline M. van Der Beek, Ruurd M. van Elburg Health-care professionals’ approach in feeding term small-for-gestational age infants and its potential implications to later growth outcomes. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. Vol.54, No.4 (2018), 370-376. doi:10.1111/jpc.13775 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/46808
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Health-care professionals’ approach in feeding term small-for-gestational age infants and its potential implications to later growth outcomes
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© 2017 Paediatrics and Child Health Division (The Royal Australasian College of Physicians) Aim: To understand feeding practices, nutrition management and postnatal growth monitoring of term small-for-gestational age (tSGA) infants in Southeast Asia. Methods: Anonymous questionnaires to assess practices on feeding, nutrition management and post-natal growth monitoring of tSGA infants were distributed among health-care professionals (HCPs) participating in regional/local perinatology symposia in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. Results: Three hundred seventy-seven respondents from Malaysia (37%), Thailand (27%), Singapore (18%) and other Asian countries (19%) participated in the survey. Respondents were neonatologists (35%), paediatricians (25%) and other HCPs (40%) including nurses and midwives. Exclusive human milk feeding was reported the most preferred feeding option for tSGA infants, followed by fortified human milk feeding (60% and 20%, respectively). This was consistent among the different countries. The perceived nutrient requirements of tSGA infants varied between countries. Most respondents from Malaysia and Singapore reported requirements to be similar to preterm infants, while the majority from Thailand reported that it was less than those of preterm infants. The World Health Organization Growth Chart of 2006 and Fenton Growth Charts of 2013 were the most frequently used charts for growth monitoring in the hospital and after discharge. Conclusions: Nutrition management and perceived nutrient requirements for tSGA infants among practising HCPs in Southeast Asia showed considerable variation. The impetus to form standardised and evidence based feeding regimens is important as adequate nutritional management and growth monitoring particularly in this population of infants will have long term impact on population health.