The Premature Baby's Diet

Laurance, B M; Smith, Barbara; Wallis, H

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(62)91573-8

“…We were thus unable to confirm the findings of Hubbell et al (1961) and of Laurance and Smith (1962). The former were, however, studying babies of diabetic mothers and not prematures and the feedings in this report were delayed longer than in our series.…”

Section: Resultscontrasting

confidence: 81%

“…He found no difference in mortality or morbidity in the two groups of babies and concluded that early feeding resulted in neither beneficial nor detrimental effects. Laurance and Smith (1962) compared a group of 29 babies who were first fed before 9 hours of age with another group (39 babies) who were fed at 12 to 56 hours. There were more cases of jaundice and respiratory distress and more deaths in the latter group of infants.…”

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“…Hubbell, Drorbaugh, Rudolph, Auld, Cherry and Smith (1961) in a controlled study of early and late feeding in 48 pairs of infants of diabetic mothers reported no advantage of routine early feeding as treatment for hyaline membrane disease but found that the group fed early had significantly lower serum indirect bilirubin levels at 72 hours of age, which was not due to a haemodilution. Since severe jaundice is a complication common to infants of diabetic mothers as well as of premature infants, the observations of Hubbell et al (1961) and of Laurance and Smith (1962) suggested that early feeding of these two groups of babies might reduce the incidence of hyperbilirubinaemia and lessen the need for exchange transfusion.…”

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The Effect of Early and Late Feeding and Glucagon upon Blood Sugar and Serum Bilirubin Levels of Premature Babies

Haworth¹,

Ford²

1963

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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Many problems relating to the premature baby have received intensive study during the past few decades. This has resulted in more efficient care of the premature with a subsequent decrease in the mortality rate. It is surprising, however, that there is still so much difference of opinion regarding the feeding of premature babies, not only with respect to the type of food but also to the timing of the first feed.Former authorities apparently favoured early feeding. For instance Goodhart (1913) wrote: 'these feeble infants must not be allowed to wait two or three days for regular feeding with the mother's milk; the loss of weight and possible rise of temperature which such waiting involves-may be the last straw for one of these infants, who is fighting a feeble struggle for existence'. Hess (1923) recommended that milk should be given to premature babies from 12 hours of age; he stated, 'the necessity of an early supply of food cannot be over-emphasized, as even the better developed infants do not withstand prolonged starvation'. During the past decade or so a number of writers have advised that feeds should be withheld from premature babies for periods of 12 to 96 hours depending upon the degree of immaturity at birth, mainly on the grounds that the premature is particularly liable to pneumonia due to the aspiration of vomit. Newborn premature infants frequently manifest oedema suggesting that they are overhydrated, and Smith (Smith, Yudkin, Young, Minkowski and Cushman, 1949;Hansen and Smith, 1953;Smith, 1957) Schofield (1950) were also strong protagonists of a three-tofour-day starvation period for premature infants.They thought the time of the first feeding should be determined by the strength of the cry and the disappearance of oedema. Crosse (1957) wrote about the possible dangers of overfeeding during the first week of life and considered that the survival rate of premature infants had been improved by giving nothing by mouth for several days after birth. She recommended starvation periods varying from 12 hours to four days depending upon the birth weight.Ylppo (1954)

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“…The a of Hubbell et al (1961) and of Laurance and Smith (1962). The former were, however, studying babies of diabetic mothers and not prematures and the feedings in this report were delayed longer than in our series.…”

Section: Cliniical Materials and Methodscontrasting

confidence: 59%

The effect of early and late feeding and glucagon upon blood sugar and serum bilirubin levels of premature babies

Haworth¹,

Ford²

1964

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Many problems relating to the premature baby have received intensive study during the past few decades. This has resulted in more efficient care of the premature with a subsequent decrease in the mortality rate. It is surprising, however, that there is still so much difference of opinion regarding the feeding of premature babies, not only with respect to the type of food but also to the timing of the first feed.Former authorities apparently favoured early feeding. For instance Goodhart (1913) wrote: 'these feeble infants must not be allowed to wait two or three days for regular feeding with the mother's milk; the loss of weight and possible rise of temperature which such waiting involves-may be the last straw for one of these infants, who is fighting a feeble struggle for existence'. Hess (1923) recommended that milk should be given to premature babies from 12 hours of age; he stated, 'the necessity of an early supply of food cannot be over-emphasized, as even the better developed infants do not withstand prolonged starvation'. During the past decade or so a number of writers have advised that feeds should be withheld from premature babies for periods of 12 to 96 hours depending upon the degree of immaturity at birth, mainly on the grounds that the premature is particularly liable to pneumonia due to the aspiration of vomit. Newborn premature infants frequently manifest oedema suggesting that they are overhydrated, and Smith (Smith, Yudkin, Young, Minkowski and Cushman, 1949;Hansen and Smith, 1953;Smith, 1957) Schofield (1950) were also strong protagonists of a three-tofour-day starvation period for premature infants.They thought the time of the first feeding should be determined by the strength of the cry and the disappearance of oedema. Crosse (1957) wrote about the possible dangers of overfeeding during the first week of life and considered that the survival rate of premature infants had been improved by giving nothing by mouth for several days after birth. She recommended starvation periods varying from 12 hours to four days depending upon the birth weight.Ylppo (1954)

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“…The early feeding of infants of low birth weight to avoid brain damage from hypoglycaemia and hyperbilirubinaemia (Laurance and Smith, 1962;Smallpiece and Davies, 1964;Keitel et al, 1965;Wharton and Bower, 1965) has gained wide acceptance. The higher calorie intake of this regimen induced a more rapid weight gain compared with delayed feeding (Drillien, 1964).…”

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confidence: 99%