Assessment of the nutritional risk of preterm infants hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Objective: To analyze whether the nutritional risk of preterm newborns is related to the length of hospital stay, nutritional status, and achievement of nutritional goals at discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Methodology: A prospective longitudinal study with data collected from...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Editora JRG |
| Repositorio: | Revista JRG de Estudos Acadêmicos |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.revistajrg.com:article/1896 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://revistajrg.com/index.php/jrg/article/view/1896 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Recém-nascido prematuro Terapia nutricional Unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal Infant Premature Nutrition Therapy Intensive Care Units Neonatal |
| Sumario: | Objective: To analyze whether the nutritional risk of preterm newborns is related to the length of hospital stay, nutritional status, and achievement of nutritional goals at discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Methodology: A prospective longitudinal study with data collected from electronic medical records of preterm newborns, aged 0 to 28 days, hospitalized between March and June 2024 in the NICU of a public hospital in the Federal District. Nutritional risk was assessed using the Neonatal Nutritional Risk Assessment Tool (FARNNeo). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: A total of 29 preterm newborns participated, most of whom were classified as high nutritional risk (HNR). The average hospital stay was 46.7 days, significantly longer in HNR neonates (67.4 days). At discharge, 31% of the sample had a weight below the expected range for post-conceptional gestational age (W/PCGA < -2 z-score), a condition more prevalent in the HNR group (p=0.037). Additionally, most participants received caloric and protein intake below the recommended levels at discharge. Conclusion: The findings indicate that high nutritional risk is associated with worse outcomes, such as longer hospital stays and impaired nutritional status at discharge. Dietary inadequacy may have been a determining factor for unsatisfactory weight gain, highlighting the need for strategies to optimize nutritional therapy in the NICU. |
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