TY - JOUR T1 - Growth and morbidity of extremely preterm infants after early full enteral nutrition JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F79 LP - F81 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2017-312917 VL - 103 IS - 1 AU - Christoph Maas AU - Axel R Franz AU - Stefanie von Krogh AU - Jörg Arand AU - Christian F Poets Y1 - 2018/01/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/103/1/F79.abstract N2 - Objectives To evaluate feasibility and consequences of accelerated feeding advancement on short-term outcomes in extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGANs) who stayed in our institution for >28 days.Methods Retrospective single-centre cohort analysis covering the years 2011–2013. Data are presented as median (IQR).Results Infants '(n=77) birth weight was 745 (640 to 960) g and gestational age at birth 26.7 (25.1 to 27.4) weeks. Full enteral feeds were attained by postnatal day 7 (5 to 11). Weight gain from birth to discharge was 14.3 (13.3 to 16.1) g/kg/day, change in SD score for weight −0.03 (−0.55 to 0.46) and 0.09 (−0.78 and 0.82) for head circumference. Rates of necrotising enterocolitis and spontaneous intestinal perforation in all ELGANs admitted during the study period were 3.1% and 9.4%, respectively.Conclusions This cohort of ELGANs showed good weight gain and head growth after early full enteral nutrition. The impact of this feeding practice on neonatal morbidity and long-term outcome remains to be tested in adequately powered randomised trials. ER -