Impact of Protein Supplementation to Mother Milk on Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) in Growing Healthy Preterm Infants.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 20
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Changes in metabolic measurements
研究概览
简要总结
Resting Energy Expenditure is the amount of energy, usually expressed in Kcal required for a 24 hour period by the body during resting conditions. It is closely related to, but not identical to, basal metabolic rate.
According to the ESPGHAN committee guidelines on enteral nutrient supply for preterm infants, which were published in 2010, the daily protein intake of extremely low birth weight infants shall be 4.5 g/kg/day, and for those above 1000g, 4 g/kg/day. In order to meet these recommendations, the human milk for all premature infants is enriched with human milk fortifier, and supplemental liquid protein according to our NICU protocol.
Little is known on the effect of this enrichment on the basal metabolic rate of premature infants.
One way of determining the basal metabolic rate is by measuring the resting energy expenditure. In order to do that the investigators use an indirect calorimety by using the Deltatrac II metabolic monitor (Datex-Ohmeda). This instrument uses the principle of the open-circuit system that allows continuous measurements of oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production using a constant flow generator.
详细描述
Infants will be enrolled when tolerating full feeds (150-160 ml/kg/d) of human breast milk fortified with standard fortifier for 2 days and before protein supplementation.
Metabolic studies will be conducted while the infants are prone and asleep and at the same time of the day (noon time) for all infants, starting 1 hour after the completion of the last feed. Measurements will be stopped during body movements.
Each measure, once a day, will last for 30 min. A total of 4 REE measurements will be performed for all participants: before starting with protein supplementation, on day 0 (D0), and at days 2, 3 and 4 of protein supplementation.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Preterm infants born with birth weight < 1500 g gestation
- •Full enteral feeds (150-160 ml/kg/d) of breast milk fortified with standard HM fortifier will be well tolerated for 2 days, without significantly gastric residuals (less than 5%)
- •Clinically and thermally stable.
排除标准
- •Ventilated infant (invasive or non-invasive)
- •Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- •IVH grade 3-4
- •Active infection.
- •Congenital or genetic disorder ( trisomy, heart defect.)
结局指标
主要结局
Changes in metabolic measurements
时间窗: At day 0, 2, 3, 4
Changes in metabolic measurements through indirect calorimetry using using a Deltatrac II metabolic monitor from baseline at day 0, throughout day 2, 3 and 4.
次要结局
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