Determine Preterm Infants Feeding By Testing Weight; Systematic Review

Abstract: Breastfeeding and human milk are widely acknowledged as the gold standard for infant feeding and advised by peak bodies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization (WHO). Human milk is especially important for preterm infants (infants born <37 weeks' gestational age) as these are the tiniest, most susceptible infants. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review was to evaluate studies that using testing Wight to measure the preterm infant breastfeeding, we also aimed to discuss the benefits of breastfeeding for preterm infants through wide variety of evidence worldwide. We searched PubMED/MEDLINE, EMBASE and Dialog databases between 1980-2016 with English language restriction but limited to “human” (Search strategy terms: “preterm infants” OR “premature infants” OR “low birth-weight” OR “low birthweight” OR LBW OR “very low birthweight” OR “very low birthweight” OR VLBW OR (extremely low birth weight) OR ELBW OR infant OR newborn OR neonat*) AND (nutrition OR formula* OR “infant formula” OR milk OR “preterm formula” OR growth OR “infant nutrition”). This weighing efficiency is insufficient for dependable measurement of small increments in weight, as is needed for test weighing. Although more sensitive scales need to show smaller standard deviations with repeated measurements, the fragile handling required to operate them makes their usage impractical for test weighing purposes. screening weighing seems dependable, simple, medically useful method for examining milk intake in breast fed preterm infants. a number of research studies suggest that test weighing of a single feed is too inaccurate to be of clinical use and ought to be discouraged. Keywords: American Academy of Pediatrics, Determine preterm infants feeding. Title: Determine Preterm Infants Feeding By Testing Weight; Systematic Review Author: ALMUTAIRI, FAHAD MOHAMMED O, BADER OBAID K ALSHAMMARI, HAMOUD MOHAMMED ALSHAYA, WAZQAR, ABRAR ALI A, FALEMBAN, ABDULHAKAM ABADI S International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Research Publish Journals

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