Perfil alimentar de recém-nascidos prematuros internados na unidade neonatal

Abstract

To identify the dietary profile of premature newborns admitted to a Neonatal Unit of a federal public maternity hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro. This is an excerpt from a descriptive, retrospective study with a quantitative approach, based on the review of medical records analyzed using simple descriptive statistics. The most prevalent diet was the enteral diet (65.63%), followed by the oral diet (33.33%). The average in days of each one was 26 days in enteral diet, eight days in oral diet. Mostly used techniques were gavage (57.29%), breastfeeding (27.08%), cup (8.33%), gastroclysis (4.17%) and bottle feeding (3.13%). The current research has made it possible to know the dietary profile of preterm infants in terms of their growth and also through the practices carried out in the unit, in addition to detailing how this transition process occurs during hospitalization, as well as the main complications encountered during this period.