Learn three key characteristics of intestinal colonization that differ between preterm infants and term infants
Identify early patterns of microbial colonization in preterm infants that may indicate which will later develop necrotizing enterocolitis
Identify nutritional interventions that may influence neonatal intestinal colonization, and the evidence regarding these strategies in preterm infants
Speaker(s):
Gail
Cresci,
PhD, RD, LD, CNSC,
Director Nutrition Research within Center for Human Nutrition,
Center for Human Nutrition Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Inflammation and Immunity, Cleveland, OH