PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mark J Johnson
AU  - Anthony E Wiskin
AU  - Freya Pearson
AU  - R Mark Beattie
AU  - Alison A Leaf
TI  - How to use: nutritional assessment in neonates
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306448
DP  - 2015 Jun 01
TA  - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
PG  - 147--154
VI  - 100
IP  - 3
4099  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/100/3/147.short
4100  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/100/3/147.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed2015 Jun 01; 100
AB  - Adequate nutrition and growth during the neonatal period are important, especially for preterm infants, for whom there is evidence of poor nutrient intakes and growth, and this has important implications for their health in later life. Increased nutritional support while on the neonatal intensive care unit has been shown to improve growth, but such support is not universally available. Being able to carry out and interpret a nutritional assessment is therefore an important skill for paediatricians caring for neonates. This article aims to explain how to use nutritional assessment in neonates and provides some tools to make this process as straightforward as possible.