“Extrauterine growth restriction” and “postnatal growth failure” are misnomers for preterm infants
Fenton TR, Cormack B, Goldberg D, Nasser R, Alshaikh B, Eliasziw M, Hay WW, Hoyos A, Anderson D, Bloomfield F, Griffin I, Embleton N, Rochow N, Taylor S, Senterre T, Schanler RJ, Elmrayed S, Groh-Wargo S, Adamkin D, Shah PS. “Extrauterine growth restriction” and “postnatal growth failure” are misnomers for preterm infants. Journal Of Perinatology 2020, 40: 704-714. PMID: 32214217, DOI: 10.1038/s41372-020-0658-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostnatal growth failureExtrauterine growth restrictionPreterm infantsGrowth restrictionGrowth failurePostnatal weight lossWeeks postmenstrual ageReference fetusPostmenstrual agePreterm neonatesAdverse outcomesNutrition deliveryBody compositionInfantsWeight lossGrowth percentilesNutritional needsGrowth slowingFailureNeonatesFetusesPrevalenceWeeksFurther refinement