Survey of a nutrition management method for very low birthweight infants: Status before wide use of breast milk banks in Japan

The importance of breast‐feeding for very low birthweight (VLBW) infants has been pointed out. Some overseas studies suggested that the standardization of enteral nutrition (EN) leads to improved prognosis in VLBW infants. In Japan, however, physicians in charge of infants are responsible for making nutrition management decisions on an individual basis. We conducted an online survey to clarify the course of nutrition management of VLBW infants currently implemented in Japan.

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