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Definition 1.
The more preterm the baby is, the more likely the baby
have problem
5. Gastrointestinal:
a. Difficult Feeding & feeding intolerance
b. Necrotizing Enterocolitis
6. Eye :
a. Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
b. Others (myopia, amblyopia, etc)
Feeding and Fluid Management of
Preterm Babies
General principles of feeding preterm babies
Difficulty feeding the babies are not mature
enough to feed well.
Established an IV line
observing carefully
feedingmajor
without method every 3 hours until the baby is able to
illness
breastfeed.
Day of life
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Feed volume every 12 18 22 26 30 33 35
3 hours (ml/feed)
• 1,25 – 1,49 kg
- Give expressed breast milk by gastric tube every 3
hours
- Progress to feeding by cup/ spoon as soon as the baby
can swallow
Table Volumes without
of breast coughing
milk for a by or spitting
weighing 1,25-1,49 kg
without major illness
Day of life
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Feed volume every 10 15 18 22 26 28 30
3 hours (ml/feed)
If the baby weighs 1,25 – 1,5 kg at least 8 times in
24 hours