Predicting extrauterine growth restriction at the parenteral-enteral nutrition transition: a model for risk identification in very preterm infants
Zhenyuan Wu, Dan Zhou, Yanhua Hu, Rong Chen, Min Huang, Baoquan Zhang, Wenlong Xiu · 2026
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Wu and co-authors build a tool to flag very preterm babies at risk of poor growth after birth in this 2026 study. Growth faltering often strikes during the switch from tube feeding to milk feeding. The team reviewed 260 infants born at 28 to 31 weeks and screened their early records for warning signs.
Six factors mattered most: birth timing, sex, days to regain birth weight, mother's diabetes, mother's blood pressure disorder, and a kidney marker in blood. A classic statistical model beat four machine learning rivals, and a chart built from it predicted risk strongly. The authors offer the chart for spotting babies who need personal feeding support early.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zhenyuan Wu, Dan Zhou, Yanhua Hu, Rong Chen, Min Huang, Baoquan Zhang, Wenlong Xiu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 64 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |