Publisher's Synopsis
Intravenous feeding was first used in neonates 20 years ago and is now readily available in all neonatal intensive care units for clinical use. This book is a guide to intravenous feeding - both as a scientific and clinically practical text - reviewing current scientific knowledge on all aspects of intravenous feeding of pre-term and clinically ill neonates with guidelines for safer and more rational clinical application included. This book is designed to be of interest to paediatricians, research scientists and clinical nutritionists.